My company is called Ciné-Tamaris, which is rosemary. That’s my speed. Hot water and herb.
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.
More Agnes Varda Quotes
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To change history is very slow. The first two times I came to the States – black people didn’t have the right to vote.
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I had a world. I don’t think I had a career. I made films.
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This is all you need in life: a computer, a camera, and a cat.
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It’s a way of living, sharing things with people who work with me, and they seem to enjoy it.
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You know, an hour and fifty-four minutes is too much for audiences. They get nervous.
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I think we need to have a nest of something which is family.
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It’s a way of living, cinema. And I see my family, I do this and that, I travel. It’s a long process to let it happen.
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Humor 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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I was free always. I could work without the money, to film this and that. But this is another point, because now I’m alone, and I can just use it when I want.
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I didn’t see films when I was young. I was stupid and naïve. Maybe I wouldn’t have made films if I had seen lots of others; maybe it would have stopped me.
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To share a lot of ideas – not ideas – emotions, a way of looking at people, a way of looking at life. If it can be shared, it means there is a common denominator.
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I’m trying to capture something more fragile than a regular story. I love what people bring me.
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People know it’s not easy, and even though you have strong feeling and desire and endless love, it doesn’t always happen.
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I never fought, I never learned kung fu or boxing, I never went into these sportif competitions. I wouldn’t cross the ocean.
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I’ve always been like this – trying to find adventure where it’s still in its first élan – the first spring.
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