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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I've always liked stories. I'm always reading, ever since I was a kid. I've always been reading and wanting to be in some other world. This is the perfect job for me.
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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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Fashion is a language, for sure, and it is a reflection of society.
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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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I think that, to be an artist, you have to have a big enough ego to believe that people out in the world want to see what you think is a good idea. And if you don't have that sense of ego, then the minute that idea goes into the world, self-doubt kicks in.
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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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There is a insularity within American fiction even for adults. It's very tough for books in translation in the US.
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All of us can agree that we want government to work as well as possible, and we should all applaud efforts to improve it. But there is no escaping the divisive and essential questions: What is the purpose of the state, and whom does it serve?
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As lovers, the difference between men and women is that women can love all day long, but men only at times.
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I think the tree is an element of regeneration which in itself is a concept of time.
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Let me lay emphasis on the opportunity now presented in the United States for observing and, if we are wise, aiding in what I think it fair to say is the grandest opportunity ever presented of developing the finest race the world has ever known out of the vast mingling of races brought here by immigration.
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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.
