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I was speaking to Ridley Scott the other day and he makes a film every 18 months. He's amazing really. Adrian Lyne

Day Amazing Every Other Months He Makes Scott Really Speaking Ridley Scott Film

I wanted to make a movie about the arbitrary nature of love. Adrian Lyne

Love Nature Arbitrary About Make Movie Wanted

And I think you understand a little bit more why she falls for him. In a way, watching the French do anything is a little more fun because their gestures are different. And in that way, they make everything interesting. Adrian Lyne

I wasn't attracted to American cinema, but I fell in love with Los Angeles the minute I arrived. Agnes Varda

Love Cinema Minute Angeles Fell Attracted Los Los Angeles Arrived American

I enjoy the time passing. I think it's a privilege to be in friendship with time. Agnes Varda

Friendship Time Enjoy Think Passing Privilege

I am a woman. I think I have the spirit, the intelligence, and - dare I say - the soul of a woman. Agnes Varda

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Hands are the tool of the painter, the artist. Agnes Varda

Tool Hands Artist Painter

When I was younger, people were inventing a new way of writing - James Joyce, Hemingway, Faulkner. And I thought we had to find a structure for cinema. I fought for a radical cinema, and I continued all my life. Agnes Varda

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When artists die early, they become idols even more. Agnes Varda

Become More Idols Die Artists Even Early

Like everybody, I wanted to meet Andy Warhol. I was impressed by his work and how daring he was. I think he changed the cinema completely, simply by opening his camera and letting it go. Agnes Varda

My father was Greek, but he turned French during the war, and my mother was French. So I'm French, but I have Greek blood. Agnes Varda

War Mother Father He French Blood Greek Turned

I make documentaries from time to time to remind myself of reality. It's like musicians doing scales to keep their fingers working: when you're in the street, listening to people, you're forced to be in the service of your subject. Agnes Varda

Aging for me is not a condition but a subject. Agnes Varda

Me Condition Subject Aging

I didn't have a career; I made films. It's very different. Agnes Varda

Made Films Very Different Career

It was repugnant, but it was the only way to communicate. Alain Resnais

Communicate Way Only Repugnant

I am never driven. Every film I've made has been an assignment. Alain Resnais

Made Every Has-Been Driven Never Am Been Film Assignment

Luck, I never looked to make difficult movies on purpose. You make the films you can make. Alain Resnais

You Luck Difficult Films Purpose Never Looked Make Movies

I'm a Buddhist, so one of my biggest beliefs is, 'Everything changes, don't take it personally.' Alan Ball

Changes Everything Everything Changes Take Buddhist Biggest Personally Beliefs

The difference between film and TV is the pace. You don't have the leisure of time in television. Alan Ball

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I don't really know what it is about vampires that makes them such a powerful symbol, metaphor, whatever in people's consciousness. But I do know they're tremendously powerful. I mean, there's a vampire on 'Sesame Street.' And Count Chocula. I don't know why it's so powerful. Alan Ball

I guess in America we're so sold on this ideal of the perfect, well-adjusted family that is able to confront any conflict and, with true love and understanding, work things through. I'm sure they do exist, but I never knew any of them. Alan Ball

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