Yasmina Reza Quotes

France, Actress
May 1, 1959

Yasmina Reza (born 1 May 1959) is a French playwright, actress, novelist and screenwriter best known for her plays 'Art' and God of Carnage. Many of her brief satiric plays reflected on contemporary middle-class issues.

Also known as Playwright, Screenwriter

Theatre is a mirror, a sharp reflection of society. The greatest playwrights are moralists.

Yasmina Reza
- Society
- Theatre
- Mirror
Women always think you need a man, you need a father, as if they'd be the slightest use. Men are a dead weight, they're clumsy and maladjusted.

Yasmina Reza
- Men
- Women
- Father

What we like about women is sensuality, wildness, hormones. Women who make a song and dance about their intuition.

Yasmina Reza
- Women
- Song
- Dance
If I'm who I am because I'm who I am and you're who you are because you are who you are, then I'm who I am and you're who you are. If, on the other hand, I'm who I am because you're who you are, and if you're who you are because I'm who I am, then I'm not who I am and you're not who you are.

Yasmina Reza
- Hand
After I write, I have nothing to say. The commentary afterwards is superfluous. I write. And that's enough.

Yasmina Reza
Courtesy is a waste of time; it weakens you and undermines you.

Yasmina Reza
- Time