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I’m sure they learn a lot, and some of them, it makes them aware of what they wish to do. I was – that’s the way I was – autodidact.

Agnes Varda

The boundaries between contemporary art and cinema are so rigid. It’s unbelievable.
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I think we need to have a nest of something which is family.
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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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We got along very well without trying to make me look like I’m what I’m not.
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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.
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I try to do nothing. I drink rosemary when I have a lot of work to do. People take coffee, they take speed, whatever. I take rosemary.
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Many filmmakers have made resurgent work, and I was just a little ahead of the time.
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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 had a world. I don’t think I had a career. I made films.
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The 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.
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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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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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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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I should say nothing! I’m through with it! I hate to repeat myself all the time.
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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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If you know nothing, it could be like an enemy in a way. I think that’s the way I felt when I was young.
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I’m sure they learn a lot, and some of them, it makes them aware of what they wish to do. I was – that’s the way I was – autodidact.

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