Jacques Audiard Quotes
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The student will try to defy the master. Always.
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I've been disappointed by so many movie stars that I've seen, and they go out and they don't do it up, you know. And they don't - I just get so disappointed.
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I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
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A man will turn over half a library to make one book.
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You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can't possibly live long enough to make them all yourself.
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Eventually somebody will want me, and there will be a role that is mine.
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I only feel sorry for weak people. And mostly what I've come to find is that the weak people are the ones that are the haters.
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Hollywood so often likes to make movies that are just about itself. I felt there were a lot of stories that were yet to be told in the middle of the country, and I wanted to capture some of that beauty.
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I'll admit that I do quite like drinks that come in coconut shells. So there's always that.
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I've been married to the same woman for forty years, and whenever people ask us how we managed to stay married for so long, we usually say as one voice, 'What's the secret? Don't get divorced!'
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I realized in the early days I just didn't edit at all. But I think you become a little more cagey with your lyrics when you know more people are going to hear them and make assumptions about you as a person. Realizing that, you want to be a little more opaque.
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I don't find it hard to direct myself. I can easily think of me as a horrible performer or a good performer. I work with actors who cannot stand watching or looking at themselves, which is not my case. I can have an eye and perspective on whether I'm terrible or good enough for me.
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I was living an extremely burdensome life, because every time I prayed, I became more clearly aware of my faults. On the one hand, God was calling me. On the other, I was following the way of the world. Doing what God wanted made me happy; but I felt bound by the things of this world.
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Well, I think again, the worst part of it was just leading up to it, before we got on set, at least for me... dreading this idea that I was just going to suck and I really had strong feelings about that. I just didn't want to be that weak link.
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We tried many times before to speed on the social revolution in Spain; attempted to stir up the feelings of the people and to raise the banner of Libertarian Communism.
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I guess John Wayne would be one. I just respected the way he acted.
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I'm an affectionate person.
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The greatest of the greats wouldn't be the greatest of the greats if they didn't try stuff, you know what I mean?
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I think it's really important to find out why people hurt you or try to oppose you or whatever.
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Oh how Shakespeare would have loved cinema!
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There's not an orchestra in the world that doesn't have weaknesses. None of us can play everything well. The repertoire is just too big.
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I'm completely the opposite of an etiquette icon. I'm brash, and I don't follow any social rules, really. I'm nice, but really, I'm the least-put-together lady in the world.
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Used properly, cinema is the coolest thing in the world.
