I hated myself totally white. So now I cheat. It’s my white hair, and I put color there.
AGNES VARDAI don’t believe in inspiration that arrives like a bolt from the blue … It seems to me that the more motivated I am by what I film, the more objectively I film.
More Agnes Varda Quotes
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I think I got people confidence because I was not looking at them like insects that I would film.
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I 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.
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I wanted to speak strongly about feminism in my life, since it’s been a struggle.
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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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It’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.
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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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I’m myself – knowing I’m doing a documentary and speaking with the people, telling them I have a bed, that I can eat every day, but I would like to speak to you. And they really gave me wonderful answers.
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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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I didn’t go to film school. I was never an assistant or trainee on a film. I had not seen all those cameras. So I think it gave me a lot of freedom.
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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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I don’t believe in inspiration that arrives like a bolt from the blue … It seems to me that the more motivated I am by what I film, the more objectively I film.
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I had a world. I don’t think I had a career. I made films.
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The boundaries between contemporary art and cinema are so rigid. It’s unbelievable.
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I’ve seen many films, and many beautiful films. And I try to keep a certain level of quality of my films. I don’t do commercials,
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I need images, I need representation which deals in other means than reality. We have to use reality but get out of it. That’s what I try to do all the time.
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