Catherine Breillat Quotes
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Nobody will ever notice that. Filmmaking is not about the tiny details. It's about the big picture.
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In the last ten years of watching films I have found that some of the foreign films I saw affected me most. One American film that stands out for me for its workmanship and artistry is 'Ratatouille.' It was an astonishing effort in filmmaking.
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Any filmmaking, any film is a collaborative process. There's always a lot of people working on things together.
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I think the three Mexican directors that came before me did a very good job in Hollywood because they came in and started directing things like 'Harry Potter.'
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Most of my films have been documentaries, but I'm also very interested in narrative filmmaking.
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I am half Puerto Rican, a quarter German and a quarter black. That was always a big issue for me - being mixed race - because casting directors tended to be very like, 'OK, are you Hispanic for this role?' 'Or is she going to be African American?'
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The fact that I was taking naps in churches, in between takes of the [Ordinary World], and there was that guerilla style of filmmaking, I felt more at home with that.
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I'm shy to call myself a director still. When someone says, 'What do you do for a living?' I don't know if I've earned that.
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As a director you want to have actors, not only surpassing themselves, but also going somewhere, going different places.
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If you're sounding right, you're probably walking right, and vice versa. If you get the footwork right - if you get even one line right in a rehearsal, the director will say, do you know when you said that, it was exactly the character. You were - really landed on it.
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Is it 'left' to insist that presidents and CIA directors adhere to the law? I don't think so. I think it's American.
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If there is one thing that, as a director, you don't want to be a part of, it's a group. It's the same thing with music. I don't want to be a part of a scene. Just leave me alone. It's just my nature, and it's nothing against the people that are in that group, but I just like to be left alone.
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Most of the films are only 60% taken, rest is a director's input.
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I'm really, really happy with what I do for a living. I mean, that's what I consider work, like being on set, bringing a character to life and, you know, working with other actors and directors and stuff.
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I'm so consistent that my director's cuts are usually 20-25 minutes longer than the released version of the movies.
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As long as you have a director, that's your feedback. It's the director telling you, "Okay. That was great! Okay. Can we add a little? Can you tweak it like this? Can you make it more high pitched? Can you give it a little growl?"
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One of the nice things about the world of filmmaking is that you make friends in the business.
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I have been incredibly fortunate to be able to work with good directors and for me it's not really a plan each time I'm on a set with one of them; I think about what I can learn from them because I'm very aware that my filmmaking skills are very modest.
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When I think back on it, of course I got lucky and got great directors and good breaks but all that was the physical part. But what made me a star was that I could take a chance and not have anything to worry about in terms of losing.
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Most people believe that the Creator of the universe wrote (or dictated) one of their books. Unfortunately, there are many books that pretend to divine authorship, and each makes incompatible claims about how we all must live.
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You only live once, so enjoy the ride.
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I want men to be asking to play great female parts!
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I like to work for four or five hours a day. I aim for seven days a week.
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Be what we make, and not who we are.
