Film Quotes by Marjane Satrapi

11 Film quotes by Marjane Satrapi

Marjane Satrapi’s graphic‑novel eye sees film through a cultural lens. These eleven concise quotes blend visual storytelling with sharp commentary.

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Cinema is a world of imagination.

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As a director, you have to understand what is happening - if I don't understand it, you can't make changes.

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I like to make mechanical stuff. Once I make a film I have to do whatever I can make onstage I make…

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'The Jungle Book.' It's one of the best animated films ever. I saw it when I was small at a cinema in…

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If it's a good work of adaptation, the book should remain a book and the film should remain a film, and you…

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To tell you the truth, I never wanted to become a moviemaker. It was like I was a cinepihile, and I go,…

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When you make a book or you make a movie, it is almost like hitting on somebody. It's not because you want…

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Americans think cinema is about storytelling; I don't believe that. I think it's a language and everyone has to find their own…

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The movie business is not about the money. Of course, you need money to make the movie. If you have a small…

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I think the best work of the director is to listen to what all the technicians around him have to say, but…

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I wrote the plot [for the Persepolis ]and Vincent [Paronnaud] and I wrote and discussed the shooting of the script. Vincent then…

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I don't like the word 'autobiography.' I rather like the term 'autofiction.' The second you make a script out of the story of your…

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I don't think that I have ever been rebellious. The thing is that I don't believe in people - what people tell me. I…

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Drawing is the first language of the human being before writing. It's a transcription of how the human being sees reality, not reality itself.

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I was a westerner in Iran, an Iranian in the West. I had no identity. I didn't even know anymore why I was living.

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I'm not a politician. I don't know how to solve the problems of the world. But as an artist, I have one duty: to…

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A cat can never be well-trained because they're too independent.

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It's fear that makes us lose our conscience. It's also what transforms us into cowards.

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I am absolutely not a feminist, I am against stupidity, and if it comes from males or females, it doesn't change anything. If it…

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I was a child who had a life, who had hopes, and I wished that a bomb would not fall on my head.

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There are things that I love in Iranian cinema and things that I don't. In Iranian cinema, you have to use metaphor because you…

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I had learned that you should always shout louder than your aggressor.

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In the West, people don't have any real problems. It's all based on bad conscience, a very Christian notion. I don't have any bad…

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When we're afraid, we lose all sense of analysis and reflection. Our fear paralyzes us. Besides, fear has always been the driving force behind…

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