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> [What we do with our past is my big question. Normally, people either glorify the past or want to forget about it. But these two directions are not my path.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-rohrwacher/what-we-do-with-our-past-is-my-big-question-normally-people-either/)

[Alice Rohrwacher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-rohrwacher/)

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## More by Alice Rohrwacher

> [I always thought that you can escape from a policeman, but you cannot escape from a curse.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-rohrwacher/i-always-thought-that-you-can-escape-from-a-policeman-but-you-cannot/)

[Alice Rohrwacher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-rohrwacher/)

> [All my words are sort of shaped, all my words, my voice, my gestures, my imagination, are shaped by centuries, really. They are educated…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-rohrwacher/all-my-words-are-sort-of-shaped-all-my-words-my-voice-my-gestures-my/)

[Alice Rohrwacher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-rohrwacher/)

> [Normally in the movies or books that tell how honorable it is to be macho. But, in fact, I think these men have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-rohrwacher/normally-in-the-movies-or-books-that-tell-how-honorable-it-is-to-be/)

[Alice Rohrwacher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-rohrwacher/)

> [I feel that the Italian identity is mixed. It's time to state this and to stress the fact that whoever lands in a country…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-rohrwacher/i-feel-that-the-italian-identity-is-mixed-it-s-time-to-state-this-and/)

[Alice Rohrwacher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-rohrwacher/)

> [There is, of course, this tragic core to my films but they are filled also with a lot of life, a lot of adventure,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-rohrwacher/there-is-of-course-this-tragic-core-to-my-films-but-they-are-filled/)

[Alice Rohrwacher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-rohrwacher/)

> [Presenting a film is also about reaching the end of a very long journey, so you also arrive tired, but you really feel like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-rohrwacher/presenting-a-film-is-also-about-reaching-the-end-of-a-very-long/)

[Alice Rohrwacher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-rohrwacher/)

> [Like beekeeping for our father, making movies has entered our lives in a totalizing way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-rohrwacher/like-beekeeping-for-our-father-making-movies-has-entered-our-lives-in/)

[Alice Rohrwacher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-rohrwacher/)

> [I think films give us the possibility to see, within the destiny of a single individual, the destiny of a collective group.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-rohrwacher/i-think-films-give-us-the-possibility-to-see-within-the-destiny-of-a/)

[Alice Rohrwacher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-rohrwacher/)

> [The cinema reunites the people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-rohrwacher/the-cinema-reunites-the-people/)

[Alice Rohrwacher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-rohrwacher/)

> [As part of the audience, not as director, for me it's very important to go into a place, with people I don't know and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-rohrwacher/as-part-of-the-audience-not-as-director-for-me-it-s-very-important-to/)

[Alice Rohrwacher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-rohrwacher/)

> [For me, it's important to unhinge the system through my films.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-rohrwacher/for-me-it-s-important-to-unhinge-the-system-through-my-films/)

[Alice Rohrwacher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-rohrwacher/)

> [At university I became really interested in the history of cinema. It combined true life and all the arts that I loved. That prompted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-rohrwacher/at-university-i-became-really-interested-in-the-history-of-cinema-it/)

[Alice Rohrwacher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-rohrwacher/)

> [I'm always trying to tell a story from the inside, but at the same time I'm looking at humanity as a whole, almost from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-rohrwacher/i-m-always-trying-to-tell-a-story-from-the-inside-but-at-the-same/)

[Alice Rohrwacher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-rohrwacher/)

> [We shoot in film. This means that we're making our movie during the shooting and not in post-production.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-rohrwacher/we-shoot-in-film-this-means-that-we-re-making-our-movie-during-the/)

[Alice Rohrwacher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-rohrwacher/)

> [If I have to mention one filmmaker who has deeply inspired me, and who truly made me want to be free, it is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-rohrwacher/if-i-have-to-mention-one-filmmaker-who-has-deeply-inspired-me-and-who/)

[Alice Rohrwacher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-rohrwacher/)

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