My characters are never heroic. They are mostly lost and trying to find the right door to open and they end up opening the wrong doors. Gaspar Noe More Quotes by Gaspar Noe More Quotes From Gaspar Noe In North America someone who doesn't know anybody, he can go... you can be respected for your own identity. It pushes your personality to become stronger. Gaspar Noe stronger personality america I'm sure if you were a Bosnian during the war, you would wish to kill Serbs. Just because it is the opposite of you and because they're aggressors. And also, it happens to me when I get attacked. Gaspar Noe wish opposites war America in some ways is much more of a democracy then France. It is and it's not. Gaspar Noe democracy america way The power that a president has in France is like the power of a king. In America, you know that his power is limited. Maybe because there used to be a king for centuries and now they're still behaving like they need a king. Gaspar Noe president kings america In England they need a king, in Spain they need a king, in France there is no more king. But they consider the president as if he was a king. Gaspar Noe spain president kings I think British people for example can handle better their own poorness. The image of their poorness. But in France, people don't handle it very well. Either you are normal or ... if you are poor you better not show it. Gaspar Noe example people thinking Survival is a genetic law. Gaspar Noe survival law In France now, there's no problem with official censorship. Once your movie is finished, you always are R-rated. My movie is just R-rated in France. But when you meet French producers with a script like mine, they behave like the most fragile chickens in the world. They just tell you "Oh, no. You should cut this. You should cut that." And at the end you have been totally censored on the synopsis, and then on the script. Gaspar Noe scripts cutting world I think that wars will never stop, it's just that there are sides. You have to choose your side. And there are more progressive sides. Gaspar Noe your-side war thinking If the Nazis have been destroyed it's because America got into the war. They went for it and they got into the fight. Gaspar Noe fighting war america It's not that I dislike the police, but I would never go to the police for anything. It's just that I prefer not..., not calling them. Gaspar Noe dislike police calling The only reason I would call the police is if someone is getting aggressed in the street and I'm behind a window. Gaspar Noe police reason window People sometimes, they just stop because they see this scope movie. They say "oh, this is a real movie, this is not a TV movie." Gaspar Noe tvs real people