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People like my films. They understand me through my films; it’s like a connection that has been established between all my work and myself and the audience and the viewer.

Agnes Varda

I wanted to speak strongly about feminism in my life, since it’s been a struggle.
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Feminism Speak Struggle Wanted
In my films I always wanted to make people see deeply. I don’t want to show things, but to give people the desire to see.
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Always Film Giving Movie People Show Thing
I think it’s ridiculous to take such risk. But look, people love to do that. But I was not afraid of doing things I wished to do.
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Afraid Doing Look Ridiculous Risk Such Take Wished
I’m trying to capture something more fragile than a regular story. I love what people bring me.
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Capture Love People Regular Something Stories Story Try Trying
Sometimes I feel sad, but this is not nostalgia, because I don’t want time to come back.
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Back Come Feel Nostalgia Sometimes Time Want
It’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.
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Interesting Life People Possibility Relate Tell Themselves
When I started my first film, there were three women directors in France. Their films were OK, but I was different. It’s like when you start to jump and you put the pole very high – you have to jump very high. I thought, I have to use cinema as a language.
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Cinema Country Different Director Film First High Jump Language Pole Started Three Women
I think the digital cameras have changed my view. Even though sometimes, including the installations that I show, I mix 35mm filming and video handmade.
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Camera Changed Digital Filming Handmade Installation Video View
My grandson says I’m punk.
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Call Grandson Nickname Punk
I did not think that woman would be restrained. I never saw that, especially not in filmmaking, where you don’t have to be strong.
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Especially Filmmaking Saw Strong Woman
The tool of every self-portrait is the mirror. You see yourself in it. Turn it the other way, and you see the world .
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Mirror Portrait See Self You Yourself
I live in cinema. I feel I’ve lived here forever.
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Cinema Fel Forever Here Loved Movie
I’d been educated stupidly, I knew nothing about nothing, that’s part of being shy.
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Educated Nothing Part Shy Stupidity
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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Answer Humor Joke Laughing Strong Themselves Weapon Women
When I started I did not know I wanted to be a filmmaker. I started – I made a film. Then when I finished I said, Oh my god it’s so beautiful – I should be a filmmaker!
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Beautiful Film Filmmaker Finished Made Started Wanted
I think I got people confidence because I was not looking at them like insects that I would film.
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Confidence Film Insect Looking Movie People Thinking

People like my films. They understand me through my films; it’s like a connection that has been established between all my work and myself and the audience and the viewer.

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