There is a song of Gainsbourg that Jane Birkin sang, and the words are beautiful in French. It says, “Le jeu et les moi.” It’s impossible to translate, because it has a very nice sound.
AGNES VARDAThere is a song of Gainsbourg that Jane Birkin sang, and the words are beautiful in French. It says, “Le jeu et les moi.” It’s impossible to translate, because it has a very nice sound.
AGNES VARDAI’m not nostalgic. My memories are back here in my mind.
AGNES VARDAI hated myself totally white. So now I cheat. It’s my white hair, and I put color there.
AGNES VARDAI’m missing some people, you know, and this is not nostalgia. I miss them. This is melancholy.
AGNES VARDAIf we opened people up, we’d find landscapes.
AGNES VARDAI don’t watch my own films. There is little time; I’d rather see another film.
AGNES VARDAIt’s interesting work for me to tell my life, as a possibility for other people to relate it to themselves – not so much to learn about me.
AGNES VARDAIt’s a way of living, sharing things with people who work with me, and they seem to enjoy it.
AGNES VARDAThe story of a couple is always very fragile, especially over more than thirty years.
AGNES VARDAI quit seeing some people who were saying bad things about women; I don’t even want to meet them or see them.
AGNES VARDAMy company is called Ciné-Tamaris, which is rosemary. That’s my speed. Hot water and herb.
AGNES VARDAAn old woman I loved very much when I was young – the wife of Jean Villard – she’s just reciting poetry all the time, which is beautiful because it means she went back to the world of poetry that she loved when she was young. That’s all she does.
AGNES VARDAThe mirror is the tool of the one who wants to do a self-portrait. And if you want to make a photo you need a mirror.
AGNES VARDAMany filmmakers have made resurgent work, and I was just a little ahead of the time.
AGNES VARDASometimes I feel sad, but this is not nostalgia, because I don’t want time to come back.
AGNES VARDAHumor is such a strong weapon, such a strong answer. Women have to make jokes about themselves, laugh about themselves, because they have nothing to lose.
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