“That's why workers in France like horsemeat, because it's like a male thing that makes you strong. Cow meat is a much more female meat.” StrongFemaleWorkersMalesFranceMeatCows Author:Gaspar Noe
“The French movies that are promoted abroad are the ones that give a trendy, cultural, petit bourgeois, upper class image of France, but it's true that people who are poor in France are the same in New York or in India.” PeopleGivingPoorClassNew YorkIndiaFranceBourgeoisUpper ClassTrendyFrench Movies Author:Gaspar Noe
“People who are poor, they suffer a lot. And people drink a lot and people take a lot of downers and there's a lot of unemployment.” PeopleSufferingPoorDrinkUnemploymentDowners Author:Gaspar Noe
“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.” PeopleIfsThinkingWellsShowsPoorExampleNormalBritishHandleFrance Author:Gaspar Noe
“Movies dealing with social subjects in France become very paternalist. They want to teach lessons. They don't show poorness like a normal situation.” WantShowsSocialSituationTeachSubjectsLessonsNormalFrance Author:Gaspar Noe
“In France, like in most countries, the respect you receive depends on your class.” CountryClassDependsFrance Author:Gaspar Noe
“Sometimes I have better relationships with my barber then with people who are into cinema from an upper class.” PeopleSometimesClassCinemaUpper ClassBarbers Author:Gaspar Noe
“I'm not from a lower social level, but I think I relate more to lower levels then to people who've got money.” PeopleThinkingSocialLevelsRelate Author:Gaspar Noe