I'm a very sinister person. Claire Denis More Quotes by Claire Denis More Quotes From Claire Denis Filmmaking is to me very similar to being in a café somewhere in Paris and looking at the people walking by. Claire Denis filmmakingparispeople I don't think I make genre movies. There is a certain type of violence in my films but I think I have my own genre because I made it happen like that. Claire Denis filmviolencethinking Freedom is not having a big budget. Claire Denis budgetsbigs I'm an anxious person. What I like best is to smoke cigarettes and listen to music. A perfect day for me is a day with coffee, cigarettes, and music, to quote Jim Jarmusch. Claire Denis cigaretteperfect-dayscoffee I always scout locations first. The apartments, the railway tracks, the café, the canal - I figure out the geography of the film. Claire Denis trackdirectorsfirsts Start with scout locations first. Claire Denis locationfirsts Sometimes bleak is good. Sometimes bleak is necessary. Some part of life is always bleak. Claire Denis goodalwayssometimeslife 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 i-amcinemasimplepeople The cinema should be human and be part of people's lives; it should focus on ordinary existences in sometimes extraordinary situations and places. That is what really motivates me. Claire Denis mefocussometimespeople I hate the victimization of women, always. Claire Denis alwaysvictimizationwomenhate Filmmaking creates a sort of - trust, maybe. It has led me to a group of people I feel good with. We have something in common because of film, when otherwise we might have nothing. Claire Denis goodmetrustpeople For some reason, I have always been interested in the stories of people who are exiled and who are deprived of rights. My main motive to make a film is to keep the society in mind and the hospitality adhered. Claire Denis alwayssocietymindpeople When I was doing 'Beau Travail,' I listened a lot to Benjamin Britten. Claire Denis beaulistenedlotdoing 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 feelneverbodywork I think you cannot make films without choosing everything. Claire Denis withouteverythingthinkyou Inside the family, you can go from hate to passivity to extreme love within the same hour. Claire Denis youfamilyhatelove When I was a child I had a nightmare, and in the morning, I asked my mother and father, 'If I kill someone, would you still love me?' My parents were very preoccupied with this, but I think I'm not the only one to ask for that - not love, but absolute fidelity. Claire Denis memothermorninglove 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 liveplacemesociety 'White Material' is about courage and craziness. Claire Denis aboutcrazinesswhitecourage 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 greatgrandfathermotherfather
