Jean-Luc Godard Quotes

Three-quarters of directors waste four hours on a shot that requires five minutes of actual directing. I prefer to have five minutes' work for the crew - and keep the three hours to myself for thought.

Jean-Luc Godard

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: director
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: December 3, 1930

Topics

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The running across the field thing, that was the first scene we shot in the movie. We asked the audience to stay for the scene, and 37,000 people stayed.

Jimmy Fallon

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As God as my witness, they said, We're above the law. There's nothing you can do to us. You're just a church secretary.

Jessica Hahn

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What makes people successful in this business is to be yourself on camera. Sounds simple. It's not.

Matt Lauer

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Sending a handwritten letter is becoming such an anomaly. It's disappearing. My mom is the only one who still writes me letters. And there's something visceral about opening a letter - I see her on the page. I see her in her handwriting.

Steve Carell

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Being that I was raised in the Catholic faith, I am very careful about what I choose. I've turned down a lot of projects that... could have helped me a lot financially, and I've quit shows because of where they were going and because I feel like I have to be a role model for my kids.

Siobhan Fallon Hogan

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On this narrow planet, we have only the choice between two unknown worlds. One of them tempts us - ah! what a dream, to live in that! - the other stifles us at the first breath.

Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

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I never liked talking about myself or my background because I hated bringing back bad memories. And sometimes when I talked, it would come out the wrong way, and I'd look like a jerk. That's why I became an enigma to people.

Rod Carew

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Feminism was established to allow unattractive women easier access to the mainstream.

Rush Limbaugh

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What you are is a question only you can answer.

Lois McMaster Bujold

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The larger your audience, the smaller your vocabulary and range of referents - the fewer your means of expression. You can't rely on the luxury of intimacy.

Joshua Cohen

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I love music so much I love what I do. I work very hard at being the best musician I can be because I love it.

Diana Krall

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I was born about 80 years too late. If you were a kid in 1910, the Fourth of July was a big deal. You knew all about the Revolution, and you still had Civil War veterans.

Clive Cussler

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