Books Quote by Claire Denis

I long to make films. I'm dying to be inside the next film. I always hope there will be another film.

— Claire Denis

I don't remember being afraid of anything in making films.

— Claire Denis

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

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

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

It's not that I don't like words. There's sometimes no need for words.

— Claire Denis

I'm not witty.

— Claire Denis

I have no relationship to the French bourgeoisie. I don't like connecting with them.

— Claire Denis

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

I always scout locations first. The apartments, the railway tracks, the café, the canal - I figure out the geography of the film.

— Claire Denis

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

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