I had good parents. Nothing terrible happened. But I had the feeling that they kind of protected me from reality somehow. — Lucile Hadzihalilovic Copy Share Image
I don't have storyboards, but I have some very strict rules, like not moving the camera. — Lucile Hadzihalilovic Copy Share Image
The film from the beginning is not the real world; it's an imaginary world. And this imaginary world is both inside and outside the… — Lucile Hadzihalilovic Copy Share Image
What is very exciting with children is they like to play, and they don't care so much about the meanings [of things], and they… — Lucile Hadzihalilovic Copy Share Image
I used to live in a little city by the sea, and the feeling of isolation - it was not like living in Paris… — Lucile Hadzihalilovic Copy Share Image
I am very much interested in fairy tales. I guess that most of the films I like to do have this kind of aspect. — Lucile Hadzihalilovic Copy Share Image
I think sometimes there are films where I understand what they are about, but there are also some mysterious areas in the film where I haven't got the whole image and I haven't got everything. And then it stays much longer with me, because I have to somehow put myself much more into the film to get it. And so… — Lucile Hadzihalilovic Copy Share
It seems to me that [my films] are talking about very simple and, I hope, universal feelings. And at the same time, even though… — Lucile Hadzihalilovic Copy Share Image
I'm very interested in talking about children in this moment where you are going to become a teenager, and I think it's very relevant… — Lucile Hadzihalilovic Copy Share Image
I try to simplify things for the children. For instance, [I arrange] for them to have almost no dialogue, or to somehow give them… — Lucile Hadzihalilovic Copy Share Image
![“What is very exciting with children is they like to play, and they don't care so much about the meanings [of things], and they are just excited to have weird scenes to do or weird things to do, like playing deaf, or playing sick, or swimming in the water.” quote by Lucile Hadzihalilovic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e58/lucile-hadzihalilovic-33563_care_what-is-very-exciting-with-children-is-t_664854.jpg)
![“I used to live in a little city by the sea, and the feeling of isolation - it was not like living in Paris or London. It was a bit apart from the main city, and [it gave me] this feeling of isolation and also being close to nature, with nature as a surrounding and also a frontier, from the society…” quote by Lucile Hadzihalilovic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/337/lucile-hadzihalilovic-33563_bits_i-used-to-live-in-a-little-city-by-the-s_981114.jpg)
![“It seems to me that [my films] are talking about very simple and, I hope, universal feelings. And at the same time, even though they are set in a very weird world with elements that are irrational, at the same time, it's very close to an ordinary world. And I like to have this third feeling of…” quote by Lucile Hadzihalilovic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/59c/lucile-hadzihalilovic-33563_elements_it-seems-to-me-that-my-films-are-talking_1594118.jpg)
![“I try to simplify things for the children. For instance, [I arrange] for them to have almost no dialogue, or to somehow give them very precise indications, because usually they ask for that.” quote by Lucile Hadzihalilovic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/6a0/lucile-hadzihalilovic-33563_asks_i-try-to-simplify-things-for-the-childre_2085842.jpg)
