“At that time, when I started, in the '50s, cinema was very classical in its aims.” Quote by Agnes Varda
“When I was a kid, I did want to be a boy. I didn't like to play with dolls, and most of my friends were kind of sensitive, sissy boys. But as I got older, the mystique of being a girl began to interest me. It was confusing what sexuality was, and the responses of other people, but it didn't make me feel terrified or vulnerable.” PeopleWantFeelsKindPlayKidsGirlInterestBoysMy FriendsResponseSexualityVulnerableSensitiveTerrifiedConfusingDollsMystiqueSissyBeing A Girl Author:Mary Gaitskill
“I didn't have a list of things I should do this year, next year, find a good novel, sign two stars and make a deal - because I think cinema should come from cinema. I never adapted anything. Beautiful books are beautiful books, that's it. I don't know why we should transform them.” ThinkingKnowsShouldYearsTwoBookBeautifulNextStarsDealsNovelListsCinemaNext YearAdaptedBeautiful Books Author:Agnes Varda
“I have respect for literature. If he found the words, if she found the words - this is a book!” IfsBookFoundLiteratureThis Is A Book Author:Agnes Varda
“I waited for each film to become important for me. If I had no ideas for a film, I didn't do a film. So I made not that many films for fifty-four years of working.” IfsYearsMadeImportantIdeasFilmFourNo IdeaFiftyFour Years Author:Agnes Varda
“I think I did fifteen long features and fifteen documentaries, or something like this, which is very little when you think of people making a film every year. Some people have done fifty or sixty films.” PeopleThinkingYearsLittlesLongDoneFilmFeaturesFiftySixtyFifteenDocumentaries Author:Agnes Varda
“Gleaning is getting things that are abandoned. I did not abandon my early pictures, my photos, my early films. It's just going through my body of work as something I can pick from.” I CanBodyFilmPicksAbandonAbandonedGleaning Author:Agnes Varda
“People tend to set themselves up in patterns; something happens, it hurts them, then something similar happens, and - it's happened again! It seems much bigger then, and they get worried and go through life looking for that thing, and because they're so concerned and looking for it, when anything that happens resembles that thing, they're sure it's happening again. So sometimes people think things are repeating even when they're not.” PeopleThinkingSometimesSeemsHappensHurtHappenedHappeningsConcernedBiggerPatternsThings HappenWorriedIt HurtsHappening Again Author:Mary Gaitskill
“With Jane Birkin, we had a scene from a film called Jane B. by Agnès V. - a portrait I made in '87. We had a casino scene, surrealistic, in which we had some naked people gambling. Jane Birkin was the card dealer and I was the player. I had beautiful jewelery around me, and when I lost I would take the jewelery and say, Service - being very generous, because it was very expensive jewelery. I would say, Tip.” PeopleMadeBeautifulFilmLostPlayerSceneNakedCardsGenerousExpensiveGamblingPortraitsJaneDealerCasinos Author:Agnes Varda
“The best definition I've heard is that guilt is about what you've done, shame is about who you are. If something's out of my control, I don't feel shame about it, because what could I have done? If you're guilty, you can at least try to atone for it or make it better or not do it again. If it's who you are, you can't do much about it except change yourself, and that's pretty hard.” IfsFeelsTryingHardDoneHeardShameWho You AreGuiltDefinitionsGuiltyChange Yourself Author:Mary Gaitskill
“There is a song of Gainsbourg that Jane Birkin sang, and the words are beautiful in French. It says, "Le jeu et les moi." It's impossible to translate, because it has a very nice sound. It sounds so lovely in French. So I took that because it was the subject: I and myself and myself and I. Which is, in a way, boring, because it is a contradiction.” WayBeautifulSongSoundNiceImpossibleSubjectsBoringLovelyContradictionTranslateJaneVery Nice Author:Agnes Varda