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 had flops, I had success.
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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 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 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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Humor is such a strong weapon, such a strong answer.
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I don’t do films pre-prepared by other people, I don’t do star system. So I do my own little thing.
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I hated myself totally white. So now I cheat. It’s my white hair, and I put color there.
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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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The boundaries between contemporary art and cinema are so rigid. It’s unbelievable.
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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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If we opened people up, we’d find landscapes.
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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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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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