Acting Quote by Abdellatif Kechiche

I didn't really think in terms of clichés or non-clichés.

— Abdellatif Kechiche

I had started out with the intent to make a love story and something not so grave or so dark.So I went into this…

— Abdellatif Kechiche

The writing of the script is a continual process. There's the first draft and then many, many re-writes here and there.

— Abdellatif Kechiche

When it comes time to make the scenes concrete and shoot them, I want the freedom for it to exist which means adding, subtracting…

— Abdellatif Kechiche

[ Blue is the Warmest Color ] was really a film about two people having to go through a relationship which everyone knew would…

— Abdellatif Kechiche

I grew up in and identify with and that she works and exists in.

— Abdellatif Kechiche

The importance is getting to something truthful and in that moment can only be in that moment. I don't like to use the word…

— Abdellatif Kechiche

My film (Black Venus) had been very emotionally draining and difficult because I had identified so much with the lead character, Saartjie Baartman.

— Abdellatif Kechiche

What really enthralls me is working with the actor and seeing where you can go with that. It's in that exchange and that relationship.

— Abdellatif Kechiche

I have many projects in various states of development. Some are on paper and some are in my head. But as I go on,…

— Abdellatif Kechiche

Every day, there's that tension and the pressure. Each scene that you shoot is like getting to that next step, but there's still that…

— Abdellatif Kechiche

This film [ Blue is the Warmest Color] actually is the result of me talking with my producer Vincent [Maraval]. I gave him a…

— Abdellatif Kechiche