Chantal Akerman Quotes

I am a woman, and I am Jewish; I'm a film-maker, and I'm a writer, so you cannot just put me in one box.

Chantal Akerman

Chantal Akerman

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If the conditions were right there could be great acceptance. Often it is only when they pose an economic or political threat that it turns really ugly.

Iris Chang
- Great
- Political
- Ugly
It's very hard to put forth a film that's about love and the joy of love and for it not to be patronising and not make people nauseous or make them roll their eyes.

Laura Linney
- People
- Love
- Joy
I looked through our catalog year by year, and I saw that there were pockets of time when we wrote some terrific songs. Then all of a sudden, we'd go for another two or three months and there weren't great songs.

Barry Mann
- Time
- Great
- Year
During exposure, interference takes place between the incident rays and those reflected by the mirror, with the formation of interference fringes half a wavelength distant from each other.

Gabriel Lippmann
- Place
- Mirror
- Half
I'm very comfortable as a singer. In fact, I think it's more - I identified my self-esteem, my self more in those ways when I was growing up. I really - it was kind of my calling card as a kid.

Katey Sagal
- Up
- Think
- Growing
It is difficult. You've got a lot of things outside the field. But you need to learn and understand things you can do.

Pablo Sandoval
- You
- Learn
- Understand