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> [A filmmaker can never be distant from his roots.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-salles/a-filmmaker-can-never-be-distant-from-his-roots/)

[Walter Salles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-salles/)

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## More by Walter Salles

> [So when I was very young, I longed for Brazil.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-salles/so-when-i-was-very-young-i-longed-for-brazil/)

[Walter Salles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-salles/)

> [No, I worked a lot for European television, doing documentaries in Brazil.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-salles/no-i-worked-a-lot-for-european-television-doing-documentaries-in/)

[Walter Salles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-salles/)

> [The films that I've done before were original stories most of the time, I did two adaptations before this, but they were mostly original…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-salles/the-films-that-i-ve-done-before-were-original-stories-most-of-the/)

[Walter Salles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-salles/)

> [We all knew the book well because it's the cult book in Latin America. For me, this was a sacred territory. I would not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-salles/we-all-knew-the-book-well-because-it-s-the-cult-book-in-latin-america/)

[Walter Salles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-salles/)

> [I come from a country and also a continent whose identity is in the making. We're a very young culture, and I think that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-salles/i-come-from-a-country-and-also-a-continent-whose-identity-is-in-the/)

[Walter Salles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-salles/)

> [I did documentaries for maybe 10 years before I turned to fiction films.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-salles/i-did-documentaries-for-maybe-10-years-before-i-turned-to-fiction/)

[Walter Salles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-salles/)

> [But I also think that the more you reason collectively about what the project should be at the beginning of the process, the more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-salles/but-i-also-think-that-the-more-you-reason-collectively-about-what-the/)

[Walter Salles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-salles/)

> [Also, I knew that the impact of Motorcycle Diaries was going to be so resonant for all of us who went through the experience…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-salles/also-i-knew-that-the-impact-of-motorcycle-diaries-was-going-to-be-so/)

[Walter Salles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-salles/)

> [When I come to London, I always like to see what's playing at the NFT.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-salles/when-i-come-to-london-i-always-like-to-see-what-s-playing-at-the-nft/)

[Walter Salles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-salles/)

> [My father was a diplomat for part of his life and I jumped from country to country and culture to culture.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-salles/my-father-was-a-diplomat-for-part-of-his-life-and-i-jumped-from/)

[Walter Salles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-salles/)

> [Also, there are now new laws in Brazil which create incentives for Argentine and Latin American films to be premiered and distributed in Brazil…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-salles/also-there-are-now-new-laws-in-brazil-which-create-incentives-for/)

[Walter Salles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-salles/)

> [I'm much more interested in living specific experiences in films.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-salles/i-m-much-more-interested-in-living-specific-experiences-in-films/)

[Walter Salles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-salles/)

> [A filmmaker can never be distant from his roots.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-salles/a-filmmaker-can-never-be-distant-from-his-roots/)

[Walter Salles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-salles/)

> [It was a complex endeavor so without Robert Redford's constant support we wouldn't have gotten to the end.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-salles/it-was-a-complex-endeavor-so-without-robert-redford-s-constant/)

[Walter Salles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-salles/)

> [The necessity to conceptualise has to come very early on, and defining a vector of development for that film also at the beginning of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-salles/the-necessity-to-conceptualise-has-to-come-very-early-on-and-defining/)

[Walter Salles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-salles/)

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