Allow Quote by Walter Salles

So when I was very young, I longed for Brazil.

— Walter Salles

No, I worked a lot for European television, doing documentaries in Brazil.

— Walter Salles

The films that I've done before were original stories most of the time, I did two adaptations before this, but they were mostly original…

— Walter Salles

We all knew the book well because it's the cult book in Latin America. For me, this was a sacred territory. I would not…

— Walter Salles

I come from a country and also a continent whose identity is in the making. We're a very young culture, and I think that…

— Walter Salles

I did documentaries for maybe 10 years before I turned to fiction films.

— Walter Salles

But I also think that the more you reason collectively about what the project should be at the beginning of the process, the more…

— Walter Salles

Also, I knew that the impact of Motorcycle Diaries was going to be so resonant for all of us who went through the experience…

— Walter Salles

When I come to London, I always like to see what's playing at the NFT.

— Walter Salles

My father was a diplomat for part of his life and I jumped from country to country and culture to culture.

— Walter Salles

Also, there are now new laws in Brazil which create incentives for Argentine and Latin American films to be premiered and distributed in Brazil…

— Walter Salles

I'm much more interested in living specific experiences in films.

— Walter Salles