Often, women as little girls are sent off on a track for them to live a perfect life and be a perfect… — Claire Denis Copy Share Image
I hate family pressures and family responsibilities. I'm more comfortable as a stranger. I always imagined I could just live in a… — Claire Denis Copy Share Image
I always thought of Djibouti as a place where human history hasn't really begun yet - or perhaps it's already over. There's… — Claire Denis Copy Share Image
I suppose I am interested in the variety of human life - how people live. I am most interested in individuals and… — Claire Denis Copy Share Image
I can't imagine a society with absolutely no solidarity. For me, it's a nightmare. And I don't want to live in a… — Claire Denis Copy Share Image
I long to make films. I'm dying to be inside the next film. I always hope there will be another film. — Claire Denis Copy Share Image
I am not at all interested in theories about cinema. I am only interested in images and people and sound. I am really a… — Claire Denis Copy Share Image
A father who sees his daughter leave in the arms of another man does not feel the same as a mother. It is heartrending… — Claire Denis Copy Share Image
I don't know - music in film, for me, is not another part of a soundtrack; it is something that also helps to approach… — Claire Denis Copy Share Image
It's not that I don't like words. There's sometimes no need for words. — Claire Denis Copy Share Image
I have no relationship to the French bourgeoisie. I don't like connecting with them. — Claire Denis Copy Share Image
I have very strong relationships with my actors when I'm shooting. When you love an actor's work, you always feel you have to go… — Claire Denis Copy Share Image
I always scout locations first. The apartments, the railway tracks, the café, the canal - I figure out the geography of the film. — Claire Denis Copy Share Image
For some reason, I have always been interested in the stories of people who are exiled and who are deprived of rights. My main… — Claire Denis Copy Share Image
When I was a child I had a nightmare, and in the morning, I asked my mother and father, 'If I kill someone, would… — Claire Denis Copy Share Image
