Mathieu Kassovitz Quotes
I have a hard enough time speaking for myself - I don't pretend I can be a spokesman for anybody. I have no interest in playing that role.
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Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.
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Each of us becomes a new person as we re-describe the past.
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Different directors have different things, so when I left Mike Leigh, as it were, and I went into other projects after 'All or Nothing,' it took some getting used to - what do you mean there's a script?!?' That kind of thing.
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You know those little snow globes that you shake up? I always thought my brain was sort of like that. You know, where you just give it a shake and watch what comes out and shake it again. It's like that.
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I make money using my brains and lose money listening to my heart. But in the long run my books balance pretty well.
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Every man is different. You can't generalize with men; you have to find out what your man wants. You have to listen to him when he's telling you what he wants, because a lot of times they're telling you, but you're not listening.
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I know how to read people. When you grow up in a rough environment, you have to have a sixth sense.
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A lot of actors know they want to be actors a little bit earlier on. I didn't even really start studying until I was about 22.
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Whither goest thou, America, in thy shiny car in the night?
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I've started doing my coaching badges, I'd like to be a manager one day.
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You cannot reduce the power of story with the tag of money because it's not a share market. So you must know the seriousness of the power of storytelling.
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No person is just one particular emotion.
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Our obsession with speed, with cramming more and more into every minute, means that we race through life instead of actually living it. Our health, diet and relationships suffer. We make mistakes at work. We struggle to relax, to enjoy the moment, even to get a decent night's sleep.
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Working in a bar was a horrific idea for me.
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As a child or young adult going through an illness, it can be stressful at times and boring and extremely alienating.
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Every day, you have to get up with new energy and new ideas to contribute to pushing the organization forward.
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A good system shortens the road to the goal.
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Sometime they'll give a war and nobody will come.
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Am I about to feel really, really stupid?
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I lost 80 percent of my wealth and then gave away over half of the rest. So I'm a man of modest means now. But if you budget carefully and watch your expenditures, you can get by on a couple billion dollars.
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I learned that the first technology appeared in the form of stone tools, 2.6 million years ago. First entertainment comes evidence from flutes that are 35,000 years old. And evidence for first design comes 75,000 years old - beads. And you can do the same with your genes and track them back in time.
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A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself.
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But the main things about a man are his eyes and his feet. He should be able to see the world and go after it.
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I have a hard enough time speaking for myself - I don't pretend I can be a spokesman for anybody. I have no interest in playing that role.
