I'm not a politician; I'm lucky to be a filmmaker and to be able to express myself through the films I make. — Mathieu Kassovitz Copy Share Image
In France they spend six months training policemen, then they give them a gun and put them on the streets, and I don't know that that's enough. The film's not against the police - although I think that if someone wants to be a cop there's got to be a problem. — Mathieu Kassovitz Copy Share
HATE, even if it's making money. is an underground movie, that's how it was made. It's a film about police brutality in the largest… — Mathieu Kassovitz Copy Share Image
Like anywhere, we had to make people understand that we were there with good intentions, and that we were there with respect. We started… — Mathieu Kassovitz Copy Share Image
I have a hard enough time speaking for myself - I don't pretend I can be a spokesman for anybody. I have no interest… — Mathieu Kassovitz Copy Share Image
We made it known that we were trying to show the reality of France. People think of Paris as the city of love or… — Mathieu Kassovitz Copy Share Image
People think of Paris as the city of love or the city of light, but where you got love you got hate, where you… — Mathieu Kassovitz Copy Share Image
I don't know if its really important, or intelligent even, when people say to me I'm a white Spike Lee, because they said to… — Mathieu Kassovitz Copy Share Image
I'm not a politician; I'm lucky to be a filmmaker and to be able to express myself through the films I make. — Mathieu Kassovitz Copy Share Image
Hood films now are made by studios and have nothing to do with the reality they supposedly represent. — Mathieu Kassovitz Copy Share Image
It's good that they've seen it, but how can I be satisfied after working for two years making a film which I hope will… — Mathieu Kassovitz Copy Share Image
Well, a special screening was set up for government officials, so they didn't have to see the experience of going to see the film.… — Mathieu Kassovitz Copy Share Image
