I long to make films. I'm dying to be inside the next film. I always hope there will be another film. — Claire Denis Copy Share Image
My films are always looked at strangely, and there is nothing I can do about it. — Claire Denis Copy Share Image
I've heard it said many times, 'Let's work on the look of the film,' but that doesn't work with me. — Claire Denis Copy Share Image
I am always asked, 'You grew up in Africa?' Every time I introduce a film, or I'm interviewed, 'You grew up in… — Claire Denis Copy Share Image
Filmmaking creates a sort of - trust, maybe. It has led me to a group of people I feel good with. We… — Claire Denis Copy Share Image
A film takes a lot of time, and yet not enough to share with the people you're making the movie with, I… — Claire Denis Copy Share Image
The camera is not your eye, and it's not the eye of the audience. I don't think it's my eye, either. It… — Claire Denis Copy Share Image
I am not at all interested in theories about cinema. I am only interested in images and people and sound. I am… — Claire Denis Copy Share Image
I always scout locations first. The apartments, the railway tracks, the café, the canal - I figure out the geography of the… — Claire Denis Copy Share Image
When making a film, if I feel nothing in my body, I can't work. I have to touch. I have to feel.… — Claire Denis Copy Share Image
Filmmaking is to me very similar to being in a café somewhere in Paris and looking at the people walking by. — Claire Denis Copy Share Image
I don't know - music in film, for me, is not another part of a soundtrack; it is something that also helps… — Claire Denis Copy Share Image
For some reason, I have always been interested in the stories of people who are exiled and who are deprived of rights.… — Claire Denis Copy Share Image
I don't think I make genre movies. There is a certain type of violence in my films but I think I have… — Claire Denis Copy Share Image
I think working as an assistant was a part of knowing people who like cinema, and to learn from a movie, you… — Claire Denis Copy Share Image
The cinema should be human and be part of people's lives; it should focus on ordinary existences in sometimes extraordinary situations and… — Claire Denis Copy Share Image
I long to make films. I'm dying to be inside the next film. I always hope there will be another film. — Claire Denis Copy Share
I am not at all interested in theories about cinema. I am only interested in images and people and sound. I am really a… — Claire Denis Copy Share
A father who sees his daughter leave in the arms of another man does not feel the same as a mother. It is heartrending… — Claire Denis Copy Share
I don't know - music in film, for me, is not another part of a soundtrack; it is something that also helps to approach… — Claire Denis Copy Share
I have no relationship to the French bourgeoisie. I don't like connecting with them. — Claire Denis Copy Share
I have very strong relationships with my actors when I'm shooting. When you love an actor's work, you always feel you have to go… — Claire Denis Copy Share
I always scout locations first. The apartments, the railway tracks, the café, the canal - I figure out the geography of the film. — Claire Denis Copy Share
For some reason, I have always been interested in the stories of people who are exiled and who are deprived of rights. My main… — Claire Denis Copy Share
When I was a child I had a nightmare, and in the morning, I asked my mother and father, 'If I kill someone, would… — Claire Denis Copy Share
Inside the family, you can go from hate to passivity to extreme love within the same hour. — Claire Denis Copy Share
You can spend your whole life in France without ever thinking about the Legion. — Claire Denis Copy Share
