Society is so slow. A feminist is a bore.
AGNES VARDASociety is so slow. A feminist is a bore.
AGNES VARDAI was a photographer first.I worked alone. I did it my way as much as I could. I have been sort of courageous about doing things, because I didn’t think I should do less than my brothers.
AGNES VARDAIt’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.
AGNES VARDAYou can buy a good pasta but when you cook it yourself it has another feeling.
AGNES VARDAI wanted to speak strongly about feminism in my life, since it’s been a struggle.
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 VARDAYou have to be strong to be a carpenter, maybe, but the director of a film doesn’t need to have muscles.
AGNES VARDAI don’t watch my own films. There is little time; I’d rather see another film.
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 VARDAJust yesterday I saw a good film, but even if I’d seen a bad one, I’d feel, “Oh my god, what a bad job, I can do better.”
AGNES VARDAIt’s nice to think that we have in ourselves the energy. It’s somewhere, but it’s sleeping sometimes. I try to wake it up when I need it.
AGNES VARDAThe tool of every self-portrait is the mirror. You see yourself in it. Turn it the other way, and you see the world .
AGNES VARDAThe story of a couple is always very fragile, especially over more than thirty years.
AGNES VARDAIf you know nothing, it could be like an enemy in a way. I think that’s the way I felt when I was young.
AGNES VARDAYou are always in the world. Even in Vagabond. I am not on the road, I am not eating nothing.
AGNES VARDATo 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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