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There seem to be more women producers than men.
Claire Denis
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I am always asked, 'You grew up in Africa?' Every time I introduce a film, or I'm interviewed, 'You grew up in Africa?'
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I am the eldest child; it's lonely at the top.
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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.
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Sometimes I feel like John Wayne.
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The history of colonisation cannot disappear.
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I can be unkind to someone in the street or in the subway - I'm a bad-tempered person - but I'm unable to be unkind to a character. They exist because of me, and I have responsibility for them.
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I don't want to be mysterious.
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I don't know - music in film, for me, is not another part of a soundtrack; it is something that also helps to approach a character, to foresee the type of image - you see what I mean - it's like a part of the process.
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A film takes a lot of time, and yet not enough to share with the people you're making the movie with, I think.
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In a way, I feel obliged to respect Jean Rouch because I am told he is very important.
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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.
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