Mathieu Kassovitz Quotes

I know that there are police that are trying hard to do the right thing, and the film is also abouth the way that the police are treated by the state.

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• I think, doing a first film, at some point you get halfway through, and you wonder, 'Is this is good enough to define who I am for the coming decade?'

  

  Sam Jaeger
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• One's past is what one is. It is the only way by which people should be judged.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • People
  • Past
  • Should

• My mum is my biggest critic. She said I was good for the first film, but I can still be better, and I need to polish my acting skills.

  

  Hansika Motwani
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• Film is anti-language.

  

  Sam Shepard
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• It will be undertaken, of course, in the June or July summit, and then to bring NATO closer to Russia or vice versa is a way to move toward integration - toward the integration of Europe.

  

  Warren Christopher
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• The notion of directing a film is the invention of critics - the whole eloquence of cinema is achieved in the editing room.

  

  Orson Welles
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  • Cinema
  • Editing

• The film industry is mostly about unidimensional characters.

  

  Nawazuddin Siddiqui
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  • Characters
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• It would be great to make a movie that had the style of a great '30's film.

  

  Laura Dern
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  • Movie
  • Style

• How do I act so well? What I do is I pretend to be the person I'm portraying in the film or play.

  

  Ian Mckellen
  • Play
  • Film
  • Act

• Female characters in literature are full. They're messy: they've got runny noses and burp and belch. Unfortunately, in film, female characters don't often have that kind of richness.

  

  Frances McDormand
  • Kind
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• Diplomacy is to do and say the nastiest things in the nicest way.

  

  Isaac Goldberg
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  • Nicest

• I am the biggest geek and fan of film and TV, and I just go through phases.

  

  Dacre Montgomery
  • Film
  • TV
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• I write for somebody who has my own limitations. My reader has a certain difficulty with concentrating, which in my case comes from being a film viewer.

  

  Manuel Puig
  • Film
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• All these police treating our people wrong, man. Black lives matter, but we got fans of all different colors, so all lives matter.

  

  Quavo Migos
  • People
  • Different
  • Man

• Television doesn't like politics very well, if you can infer that from the way they cover it.

  

  Jack Germond
  • Way
  • Politics
  • Television

• If the gentleman has ability, he is magnanimous, generous, tolerant, and straightforward, through which he opens the way to instruct others.

  

  Xun Kuang
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• In America there's no way I can make the kind of movie I like to make.

  

  Jackie Chan
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• Often, overeating is a way to punish yourself for the anger and resentment you're feeling - either at yourself or someone else.

  

  Karen Salmansohn
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• A journalist can make or break a case, in a way, because they can figure out things the police can't, or they can destroy people's lives.

  

  Vicky McClure
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  • Police
  • Destroy

• The reason we love nature is because it's fascinating and we love all the creatures, but if you watch any nature film, there's always a lesson: "the creatures are all dying and life sucks." The same is true of literature.

  

  T. C. Boyle
  • Life
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• Love is horrible. I mean, when you're in love, it's like a sickness. Such madness.

  

  Florence Welch Florence and the Machine
  • Love Is
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  • Sickness

• The first time I remember women reacting to me was when we were filming Hud in Texas. Women were literally trying to climb through the transoms at the motel where I stayed. At first, it's flattering to the ego. At first. Then you realize that they're mixing me up with the roles I play - characters created by writers who have nothing to do with who I am.

  

  Paul Newman
  • Trying
  • Character
  • Remember

• Violence as a way of achieving racial justice is both impractical and immoral. It is impractical because it is a descending spiral ending in destruction for all.

  

  Martin Luther King, Jr.
  • Way
  • Justice
  • Violence

• I know that there are police that are trying hard to do the right thing, and the film is also abouth the way that the police are treated by the state.

  

  Mathieu Kassovitz
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  • Film
  • Police