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

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

Claire Denis quotes: We don't all look alike - some people think they're tough, some people think they're fragile - but in the end, we share a lot.

We don't all look alike - some people think they're tough, some people think they're fragile - but in the end, we share a lot.

Claire Denis quotes: I'm tiny. I'm small.

I'm tiny. I'm small.

Claire Denis quotes: I reproach so many things about my family, but on the other hand, I kept asking them to be my family.

I reproach so many things about my family, but on the other hand, I kept asking them to be my family.

Claire Denis quotes: I'm a very sinister person.

I'm a very sinister person.

Claire Denis quotes: I don't want to be mysterious.

I don't want to be mysterious.

Claire Denis quotes: The only thing I find interesting is self-interest.

The only thing I find interesting is self-interest.

Claire Denis quotes: There seem to be more women producers than men.

There seem to be more women producers than men.

Claire Denis quotes: I think you cannot make films without choosing everything.

I think you cannot make films without choosing everything.

Claire Denis quotes: Life is not better and more moral than it was in the '50s. It's just the same.

Life is not better and more moral than it was in the '50s. It's just the same.

Claire Denis quotes: I listen to a lot of different kinds of music.

I listen to a lot of different kinds of music.

Claire Denis quotes: I think cinema is linked to literature by a lot of social ways. Our brains are full of literature - my brain is.

I think cinema is linked to literature by a lot of social ways. Our brains are full of literature - my brain is.

Claire Denis quotes: Shoes have a meaning.

Shoes have a meaning.

Claire Denis quotes: When making a film, if I feel nothing in my body, I can't work. I have to touch. I have to feel. I never stop touching.

When making a film, if I feel nothing in my body, I can't work. I have to touch. I have to feel. I never stop touching.

Claire Denis quotes: Africa is no more this poor continent. It's on the march.

Africa is no more this poor continent. It's on the march.

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

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

Claire Denis quotes: I am always asked, 'You grew up in Africa?' Every time I introduce a film, or I'm interviewed, 'You grew up in Africa?'

I am always asked, 'You grew up in Africa?' Every time I introduce a film, or I'm interviewed, 'You grew up in Africa?'

Claire Denis quotes: I've experienced love and ambition and desire in my life, but never in the same way as in a family.

I've experienced love and ambition and desire in my life, but never in the same way as in a family.

Claire Denis quotes: Start with scout locations first.

Start with scout locations first.

Claire Denis quotes: Making pizza is a great job. All that kneading the dough - everything to do with cooking is wonderful, sensual.

Making pizza is a great job. All that kneading the dough - everything to do with cooking is wonderful, sensual.

Claire Denis quotes: You don't grow up naive in Africa.

You don't grow up naive in Africa.

Claire Denis quotes: I think working as an assistant was a part of knowing people who like cinema, and to learn from a movie, you have to watch it.

I think working as an assistant was a part of knowing people who like cinema, and to learn from a movie, you have to watch it.

Claire Denis quotes: I'm not a tacky person, I think.

I'm not a tacky person, I think.

Claire Denis quotes: I think a film noir demands a beginning and an end.

I think a film noir demands a beginning and an end.

Claire Denis quotes: The camera is not your eye, and it's not the eye of the audience. I don't think it's my eye, either. It belongs to the film.

The camera is not your eye, and it's not the eye of the audience. I don't think it's my eye, either. It belongs to the film.

Claire Denis quotes: Sometimes I feel like John Wayne.

Sometimes I feel like John Wayne.

Claire Denis quotes: I didn't foresee my career. Things happen.

I didn't foresee my career. Things happen.

Claire Denis quotes: Sometimes bleak is good. Sometimes bleak is necessary. Some part of life is always bleak.

Sometimes bleak is good. Sometimes bleak is necessary. Some part of life is always bleak.

Claire Denis quotes: I really started watching films when I was 14. As I became a teenager, there was nothing that really interested me apart from music, books and films.

I really started watching films when I was 14. As I became a teenager, there was nothing that really interested me apart from music, books and films.

Claire Denis quotes: My mother's father was from Brazil - a painter, and not a famous one - and was always broke. But he was a free spirit, a great grandfather.

My mother's father was from Brazil - a painter, and not a famous one - and was always broke. But he was a free spirit, a great grandfather.

Claire Denis quotes: When I was doing 'Beau Travail,' I listened a lot to Benjamin Britten.

When I was doing 'Beau Travail,' I listened a lot to Benjamin Britten.

Claire Denis quotes: I don't remember being afraid of anything in making films.

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

Claire Denis quotes: Growing up outside your own country makes you feel that you don't belong when you return, so you feel free to make friends with whomever you like.

Growing up outside your own country makes you feel that you don't belong when you return, so you feel free to make friends with whomever you like.

Claire Denis quotes: I've heard it said many times, 'Let's work on the look of the film,' but that doesn't work with me.

I've heard it said many times, 'Let's work on the look of the film,' but that doesn't work with me.

Claire Denis quotes: I am not at all interested in theories about cinema. I am only interested in images and people and sound. I am really a very simple person.

I am not at all interested in theories about cinema. I am only interested in images and people and sound. I am really a very simple person.

Claire Denis quotes: I'm not a very brave person.

I'm not a very brave person.

Claire Denis quotes: I hate the idea of growing accustomed to someone and being faithful.

I hate the idea of growing accustomed to someone and being faithful.

Claire Denis quotes: I hate the victimization of women, always.

I hate the victimization of women, always.

Claire Denis quotes: 'White Material' is about courage and craziness.

'White Material' is about courage and craziness.

Claire Denis quotes: I am the eldest child; it's lonely at the top.

I am the eldest child; it's lonely at the top.

Claire Denis quotes: Inside the family, you can go from hate to passivity to extreme love within the same hour.

Inside the family, you can go from hate to passivity to extreme love within the same hour.

Claire Denis quotes: I can't imagine a society with absolutely no solidarity. For me, it's a nightmare. And I don't want to live in a place like that.

I can't imagine a society with absolutely no solidarity. For me, it's a nightmare. And I don't want to live in a place like that.

Claire Denis quotes: In a way, I feel obliged to respect Jean Rouch because I am told he is very important.

In a way, I feel obliged to respect Jean Rouch because I am told he is very important.

Claire Denis quotes: You can spend your whole life in France without ever thinking about the Legion.

You can spend your whole life in France without ever thinking about the Legion.

Claire Denis quotes: Freedom is not having a big budget.

Freedom is not having a big budget.

Claire Denis quotes: Marguerite Duras was a very good friend of mine and an intellectual hero. She was also a sort of mother figure. Of course she was an influence.

Marguerite Duras was a very good friend of mine and an intellectual hero. She was also a sort of mother figure. Of course she was an influence.

Claire Denis quotes: The history of colonisation cannot disappear.

The history of colonisation cannot disappear.

Claire Denis quotes: In Kurosawa's films, the tragedy is that this strong man was crushed by corruption or mistrust at the end.

In Kurosawa's films, the tragedy is that this strong man was crushed by corruption or mistrust at the end.

Claire Denis quotes: A film takes a lot of time, and yet not enough to share with the people you're making the movie with, I think.

A film takes a lot of time, and yet not enough to share with the people you're making the movie with, I think.

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

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

Claire Denis quotes: What I like is the idea of a group, even if it's just two people - the idea of solitude within a group.

What I like is the idea of a group, even if it's just two people - the idea of solitude within a group.

Claire Denis quotes: I always thought Vincent Lindon had a sexy body, a body you can trust, a solid body you can lean on.

I always thought Vincent Lindon had a sexy body, a body you can trust, a solid body you can lean on.