--- title: "13 Film Quotes By Raoul Peck" description: "13 Film quotes by Raoul Peck. Plus more from Raoul Peck and more Film sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/759/raoul-peck-8162_cinema_i-just-hope-that-my-films-will-survive-m_2989281.jpg" --- > [I just hope that my films will survive me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raoul-peck/i-just-hope-that-my-films-will-survive-me/) [Raoul Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raoul-peck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/759/raoul-peck-8162_cinema_i-just-hope-that-my-films-will-survive-m_2989281.jpg) > [Making a film is just layers and layers of work of edits and trial and error.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raoul-peck/making-a-film-is-just-layers-and-layers-of-work-of-edits-and-trial/) [Raoul Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raoul-peck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a0/raoul-peck-8162_cinema_making-a-film-is-just-layers-and-layers_3056451.jpg) > [I refuse to make films where the audience comes for consumption. I make films where you know you are also part of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raoul-peck/i-refuse-to-make-films-where-the-audience-comes-for-consumption-i/) [Raoul Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raoul-peck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac1/raoul-peck-8162_audience_i-refuse-to-make-films-where-the-audienc_3053476.jpg) > [Film is carrying a lot of ideology. It's carrying an image. It's forging an image not only of the rest of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raoul-peck/film-is-carrying-a-lot-of-ideology-it-s-carrying-an-image-it-s/) [Raoul Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raoul-peck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cee/raoul-peck-8162_cinema_film-is-carrying-a-lot-of-ideology-it-s_467677.jpg) > [My story with film is kind of different because I started with photography because my father was a photo buff. He had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raoul-peck/my-story-with-film-is-kind-of-different-because-i-started-with/) [Raoul Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raoul-peck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5e/raoul-peck-8162_cinema_my-story-with-film-is-kind-of-different_2969407.jpg) > [If you asked me today if there's a piece that I would do differently - there's nothing. Regret happens with all my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raoul-peck/if-you-asked-me-today-if-there-s-a-piece-that-i-would-do-differently/) [Raoul Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raoul-peck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/462/raoul-peck-8162_cinema_if-you-asked-me-today-if-there-s-a-piece_107440.jpg) > [I studied economics. I studied industrial engineering. It wasn't until later, when I was around 26, that I really decided to go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raoul-peck/i-studied-economics-i-studied-industrial-engineering-it-wasn-t-until/) [Raoul Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raoul-peck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bed/raoul-peck-8162_cinema_i-studied-economics-i-studied-industrial_477484.jpg) > [I have to make sure, when you start seeing a film, you are going to see it until the end. I have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raoul-peck/i-have-to-make-sure-when-you-start-seeing-a-film-you-are-going-to-see/) [Raoul Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raoul-peck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/232/raoul-peck-8162_cinema_i-have-to-make-sure-when-you-start-seein_1810698.jpg) > [Even in Haiti, I saw John Wayne movies. American cinema has always been the dominant cinema throughout the world, and people tend…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raoul-peck/even-in-haiti-i-saw-john-wayne-movies-american-cinema-has-always-been/) [Raoul Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raoul-peck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f4/raoul-peck-8162_american_even-in-haiti-i-saw-john-wayne-movies-am_2494810.jpg) > [I tend to believe that film can try to save what still can be saved, in terms of our histories, our memories.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raoul-peck/i-tend-to-believe-that-film-can-try-to-save-what-still-can-be-saved/) [Raoul Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raoul-peck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf8/raoul-peck-8162_believe_i-tend-to-believe-that-film-can-try-to-s_1489735.jpg) > [When I started this profession, I wanted to make films that entertain but that have content. When I went to film school,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raoul-peck/when-i-started-this-profession-i-wanted-to-make-films-that-entertain/) [Raoul Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raoul-peck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e1/raoul-peck-8162_believe_when-i-started-this-profession-i-wanted_2290961.jpg) > [I came back to Haiti after the earthquake not to shoot a film, but to help and be a part of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raoul-peck/i-came-back-to-haiti-after-the-earthquake-not-to-shoot-a-film-but-to/) [Raoul Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raoul-peck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b36/raoul-peck-8162_cinema_i-came-back-to-haiti-after-the-earthquak_1332695.jpg) > [ From a young age, \[James Baldwin\] was watching all those different films. He's watching John Wayne killing off the Indians. He came… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raoul-peck/from-a-young-age-james-baldwin-was-watching-all-those-different-films/) [Raoul Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raoul-peck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/184/raoul-peck-8162_age_from-a-young-age-james-baldwin-was-watch_482785.jpg) ## Other authors on Film - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-roger-ebert-80683.jpg) Roger Ebert 98 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/film/roger-ebert/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-werner-herzog-94806.jpg) Werner Herzog 92 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/film/werner-herzog/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b025/author-woody-allen-96336.jpg) Woody Allen 79 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/film/woody-allen/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-george-lucas-37823.jpg) George Lucas 79 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/film/george-lucas/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-peter-jackson-74887.jpg) Peter Jackson 71 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/film/peter-jackson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-abbas-kiarostami-8765.jpg) Abbas Kiarostami 68 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/film/abbas-kiarostami/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-steven-spielberg-87547.jpg) Steven Spielberg 66 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/film/steven-spielberg/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-nicolas-winding-refn-71275.jpg) Nicolas Winding Refn 61 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/film/nicolas-winding-refn/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-clint-eastwood-24620.jpg) Clint Eastwood 61 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/film/clint-eastwood/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-christopher-nolan-23980.jpg) Christopher Nolan 61 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/film/christopher-nolan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-david-lynch-27713.jpg) David Lynch 60 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/film/david-lynch/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-martin-scorsese-64785.jpg) Martin Scorsese 58 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/film/martin-scorsese/) ## More by Raoul Peck > [America has been living on the back of the whole world! If you take how much energy we consume, like, 20 percent of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raoul-peck/america-has-been-living-on-the-back-of-the-whole-world-if-you-take/) [Raoul Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raoul-peck/) > [You cannot be responsible for Jim Crow. You can not be responsible for racism. This is much more a problem for the person exercising…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raoul-peck/you-cannot-be-responsible-for-jim-crow-you-can-not-be-responsible-for/) [Raoul Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raoul-peck/) > [If you asked me today if there's a piece that I would do differently - there's nothing. Regret happens with all my films.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raoul-peck/if-you-asked-me-today-if-there-s-a-piece-that-i-would-do-differently/) [Raoul Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raoul-peck/) > [ Your tweet is as important as if you would have written a Ph.D. \[dissertation\] on the subject. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raoul-peck/your-tweet-is-as-important-as-if-you-would-have-written-a-ph-d/) [Raoul Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raoul-peck/) > [James Baldwin is one of the greatest, North American writers of the second half of the Twentieth Century. A prolific writer and a brilliant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raoul-peck/james-baldwin-is-one-of-the-greatest-north-american-writers-of-the/) [Raoul Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raoul-peck/) > [When I left Haiti, I was eight. I went to the Congo where my father was working. The only images that I had were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raoul-peck/when-i-left-haiti-i-was-eight-i-went-to-the-congo-where-my-father-was/) [Raoul Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raoul-peck/) > [I have always tried to put content in my work. It is a consistent challenge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raoul-peck/i-have-always-tried-to-put-content-in-my-work-it-is-a-consistent/) [Raoul Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raoul-peck/) > [The system gives you two minutes to phrase a whole history.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raoul-peck/the-system-gives-you-two-minutes-to-phrase-a-whole-history/) [Raoul Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raoul-peck/) > [ Over the years, he disappeared - like a lot of our leaders disappear. \[James Baldwin\] was not assassinated, but somehow he went through those… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raoul-peck/over-the-years-he-disappeared-like-a-lot-of-our-leaders-disappear/) [Raoul Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raoul-peck/) > [You face the reality, whether it's hopeful or hopeless. What's your alternative? To lie down and die?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raoul-peck/you-face-the-reality-whether-it-s-hopeful-or-hopeless-what-s-your/) [Raoul Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raoul-peck/) > [Just try to be yourself and resist complacency and ignorance. All you can do is work, work; work and be disciplined.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raoul-peck/just-try-to-be-yourself-and-resist-complacency-and-ignorance-all-you/) [Raoul Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raoul-peck/) > [You're telling me Beyonce is a revolutionary? Thirty years ago, you had those guys who raised their fists at the Olympic games, and they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raoul-peck/you-re-telling-me-beyonce-is-a-revolutionary-thirty-years-ago-you-had/) [Raoul Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raoul-peck/) > [Film is carrying a lot of ideology. It's carrying an image. It's forging an image not only of the rest of the world, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raoul-peck/film-is-carrying-a-lot-of-ideology-it-s-carrying-an-image-it-s/) [Raoul Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raoul-peck/) > [International aid as a means of development is a major failure, and not just in Haiti.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raoul-peck/international-aid-as-a-means-of-development-is-a-major-failure-and/) [Raoul Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raoul-peck/) > [I studied economics. I studied industrial engineering. It wasn't until later, when I was around 26, that I really decided to go to film school.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raoul-peck/i-studied-economics-i-studied-industrial-engineering-it-wasn-t-until/) [Raoul Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raoul-peck/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/film/raoul-peck/#itemlist", "name": "13 Film Quotes By Raoul Peck", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I just hope that my films will survive me.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Raoul Peck" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raoul-peck/i-just-hope-that-my-films-will-survive-me/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/759/raoul-peck-8162_cinema_i-just-hope-that-my-films-will-survive-m_2989281.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/759/raoul-peck-8162_cinema_i-just-hope-that-my-films-will-survive-m_2989281.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/759/raoul-peck-8162_cinema_i-just-hope-that-my-films-will-survive-m_2989281.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I just hope that my films will survive me.” — Raoul Peck", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Making a film is just layers and layers of work of edits and trial and error.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Raoul Peck" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raoul-peck/making-a-film-is-just-layers-and-layers-of-work-of-edits-and-trial/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a0/raoul-peck-8162_cinema_making-a-film-is-just-layers-and-layers_3056451.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a0/raoul-peck-8162_cinema_making-a-film-is-just-layers-and-layers_3056451.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a0/raoul-peck-8162_cinema_making-a-film-is-just-layers-and-layers_3056451.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Making a film is just layers and layers of work of edits and trial and error.” — Raoul Peck", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I refuse to make films where the audience comes for consumption. 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The real question is how far do I go?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Raoul Peck" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raoul-peck/i-have-to-make-sure-when-you-start-seeing-a-film-you-are-going-to-see/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/232/raoul-peck-8162_cinema_i-have-to-make-sure-when-you-start-seein_1810698.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/232/raoul-peck-8162_cinema_i-have-to-make-sure-when-you-start-seein_1810698.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/232/raoul-peck-8162_cinema_i-have-to-make-sure-when-you-start-seein_1810698.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I have to make sure, when you start seeing a film, you are going to see it until the end. 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