Bastille Quote by Jamie Dornan
![“Most of the crew were staying in Monaco. But my family and I were actually staying in Nice because I had my whole family there and we wanted a little more space and to stay in a hotel. The truth is we were asleep [when the attack Bastille Day terror happened] and woke up the next morning to it and…” quote by Jamie Dornan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/4e3/jamie-dornan-5782_bastille_most-of-the-crew-were-staying-in-monaco_2585396.jpg)
“Most of the crew were staying in Monaco. But my family and I were actually staying in Nice because I had my whole family there and we wanted a little more space and to stay in a hotel. The truth is we were asleep [when the attack Bastille Day terror happened] and woke up the next morning to it and it was obviously horrific. And then the idea of going out and filming, it just felt so stupid to be working the next day and pretending that everything's cool when you're making some frivolous thing.”
About This Quote
Source Interview: The Voice of the Nation, 2016
The speaker describes the dissonance of continuing work after a tragic event, feeling it absurd to act normal while grief lingers.
In simple terms: Working after tragedy feels absurd and insensitive.
Key Takeaway
Pause and process before resuming work.
Themes
grief
ethics
media
trauma
responsibility
Mood
somber
reflective
Type
ethical
personal
When to use this quote
- news reporting
- film production
- personal coping
- team debrief
- public communication
Key Concepts
moral conflict
public duty
emotional labor
Questions to Reflect On
- How do you balance professional obligations with personal grief?
- When is it appropriate to pause work after a disaster?
A Different Perspective
Continuing normal duties may appear disrespectful to victims.
![“I was in New York 9/11. Mark's [Wahlberg] from Boston, flew there immediately after. I was in Nice Bastille Day when the truck drove through and killed all these people. It's the new reality, unfortunately. The idea of trying to explore how we process this kind of event, how we survive…” quote by Peter Berg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/185/peter-berg-14447_bastille_i-was-in-new-york-9-11-mark-s-wahlberg-f_2093673.jpg)
![“Essentially I feel like all of that pressure when you're making the first of a franchise of [movies based on] books that mean so much to people that has so much attention on it, it can be quite paralyzing I think. I think a lot of that creeped in the first time around and it maybe affects the work.” quote by Jamie Dornan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/721/jamie-dornan-5782_attention_essentially-i-feel-like-all-of-that-pres_99034.jpg)
![“[My wife] liked to collect old encyclopedias from second-hand bookstores, and at one point we had eight of them. When I wrote my first historical novel---back in 1980, before I was online---I used them often as a research tool. For instance, I learned that the Bastille was either 90 feet high or…” quote by Robert Anton Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/75d/robert-anton-wilson-1198_bastille_my-wife-liked-to-collect-old-encyclopedi_864543.jpg)
