It's very important to me to understand myself and my place in the world. My films help me with that, and the more people see them, the more I am making a statement. — Nadine Labaki Copy Share Image
Self-censorship has become a part of me. I think because we live in a place where community is very important, family is very important, you feel the weight of how people look at you. Even though I might seem very… — Nadine Labaki Copy Share Image
I've never felt that my job was difficult because I'm a woman. It's a difficult job regardless, and it's even more difficult in Lebanon… — Nadine Labaki Copy Share Image
I think of myself more as a director than as an actress. But I do like to perform and express myself in different ways,… — Nadine Labaki Copy Share Image
I think you owe it to yourself and you owe it to your status as an artist to be true to who you are. — Nadine Labaki Copy Share Image
I was watching TV and saw people with masks, weapons, and grenades. I thought, Is that really possible? Could we be here yet again?… — Nadine Labaki Copy Share Image
I thought if my son was now eighteen years old and he was tempted to join the fight and take the burden of protecting… — Nadine Labaki Copy Share Image
I've seen so many women in my family, so many mothers, that have lost children in the war in such absurd ways. I wonder… — Nadine Labaki Copy Share Image
I like to believe that my actors are not acting. That whatever they are doing, or whatever has been said, would happen in real… — Nadine Labaki Copy Share Image
A small film from a small country, in Arabic with nonprofessionals: It was practically impossible. Just to make it was like a dream to… — Nadine Labaki Copy Share Image
Cinema is not only about making people dream. It's about changing things and making people think. — Nadine Labaki Copy Share Image
It's only normal for me to work with my family because I think they are talented and because there's a warmth when I'm working.… — Nadine Labaki Copy Share Image
