Catherine Breillat Quotes

• I am eternally, devastatingly romantic, and I thought people would see it because 'romantic' doesn't mean 'sugary.' It's dark and tormented — the furor of passion, the despair of an idealism that you can't attain.

  Catherine Breillat

  Passion, Mean, Dark

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• There is no masculine psychology in my cinema. There is only the resentments and desires of women. A man should not attempt to recognize himself in my male characters. On the other hand, he can find [in the films] a better understanding of women. And knowledge of the other is the highest goal.

  Catherine Breillat

  Carácter, Hombres, Manos

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• I know why I make films -cinema is a mode of expression that allows you to express all the nuances of a thing while including its opposites. These are things that can't be quantified mentally; yet they can exist and be juxtaposed. That may seem very contradictory. Cinema allows you to film these contradictions.

  Catherine Breillat

  Expression, Opposites, Cinema

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• Only conformists are ever adored.

  Catherine Breillat

  Conformista

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The problem is that censors create the concept of obscenity. By supposedly trying to protect us they form an absurd concept of what is obscene.

  Catherine Breillat

  Trying, Problem, Absurd

  "The joy of sex" by Libby Brooks, www.theguardian.com. November 22, 2001.

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• If I stop making films, I will die. I can tell myself that one day I will stop living. But I cannot bear the fact that the day will come when I will no longer be making films.

  Catherine Breillat

  One Day, Facts, Bears

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• If you want to preserve your virginity, it's about not wanting to belong to the human species.

  Catherine Breillat

  Want, Abstinence, Humans

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Be what we make, and not who we are.

  Catherine Breillat

  Directors, Who We Are, Filmmaking

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