I haven’t made a movie for a while, but I’ve watched a lot. It’s my major waste of time. I like to work, but also to be waiting for work.
BERNARDO BERTOLUCCIYou know, in ten years you’re gonna be playing soccer with your tits, what do you think of that?
More Bernardo Bertolucci Quotes
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As a loyal believer in the Auteur Theory I first felt editing was but the logical consequence of the way in which one shoots. But, what I learned is that it is actually another writing.
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Sometimes you are in sync with the times, sometimes you are in advance, sometimes you are late.
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I am still against any kind of censorship. It’s a subject in my life that has been very important.
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A dolly move is a moral commitment.
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A name? Oh, Jesus Christ. Ah, God, I’ve been called by a million names all my life. I don’t want a name. I’m better off with a grunt or a groan for a name.
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If you mention any ideological thing about shooting Last Tango in Paris, I was thinking I was doing a political film.
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You know, in ten years you’re gonna be playing soccer with your tits, what do you think of that?
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For example, Jewish directors coming from Germany or Austria and enriching Hollywood. In 15, 20 years, Hollywood became imperialistic. Cinema goes ahead when it is marriaged by other culture. Otherwise, it turns on itself.
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I don’t see my movies. I think it’s healthier and safer to keep a bit of distance. I’m afraid to be disappointed.
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What I was talking about was, of course, very autobiographical – ’68 was the moment when all the young people were incredibly excited, because when we were going to sleep, we knew we would wake up not tomorrow, but in the future.
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Sometimes I think that I understand my movies after I make them. Really. I go very often off of instinct.
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There you have Quentin playing with kung-fu. That’s why the independents are the most interesting.
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I accept all interpretations of my films. The only reality is before the camera. Each film I make is kind of a return to poetry for me, or at least an attempt to create a poem.
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You live day by day. You can’t build your life.
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The most important thing of all, the thing that lasted, was the first feminist movement and the position of women in society. That completely changed and that was very, very important.
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