Agnes Varda Quotes
I go back to many films that I really love. Some Bresson, some Godard of the early times, the Cassavetes of those years I love. And the early Wim Wenders. But my own films I don't watch, unless I need them.
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I am a Buddhist.
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Metro never really wanted me for anything. I was always the one who happened to be free when their first choice was not.
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Nobody is bothered about an institution more than its alumni.
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Be careful about virtual relationships with artificially intelligent pieces of software.
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The training of younger generations is very close to my heart.
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Every hero becomes a bore at last.
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I have always believed that when you're feeling sorry for yourself, the best thing to do is help someone else.
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This is the beauty of fiction. We may not like these characters, but we inhabit them.
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The most intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security and calm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts and their conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.
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Retiring is the easy way out.
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There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves we feel no one else has a right to blame us.
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I had a career that was very short, but it had a lot of thrills.
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If I did everything, I probably wouldn't be here talking to you. There aren't too many people who can actually double me, so I do most of my stunts though.
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Being married to a psychologist, I realize that I learn more from imperfections.
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Christian morality prefers remorse to precede lust, and then lust not to follow.
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When I was first exposed to the films of Ingmar Bergman, I found them frank and disturbing portraits of the world we live in, but that was not something that displeased me. They were beautiful. I thought people would respond to my plays the way I responded to Bergman's films.
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In the U.S., diversity is a politically correct slogan. In India, it is a historical fact. Much as we in the West may resent it, India has a lot to teach us when it comes to religious tolerance.
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I wasn't really qualified to be on Saturday Night Live - I'm not like an impressionist or anything.
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I try to make my fans happy by working hard in every film of mine, and I give my films everything I've got.
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If I watch an episode of SNL, and there's one thing that I liked, then that's a good episode.
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I'd love to do radio plays. I think that one should be open to everything and shouldn't limit oneself.
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Male athletes don't get dropped when they father kids.
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I go back to many films that I really love. Some Bresson, some Godard of the early times, the Cassavetes of those years I love. And the early Wim Wenders. But my own films I don't watch, unless I need them.
