Abdellatif Kechiche Quotes

#1. I grew up in and identify with and that she works and exists in.

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#2. When it comes time to make the scenes concrete and shoot them, I want the freedom for it to exist which means adding, subtracting or modifying.

Abdellatif Kechiche

#3. The importance is getting to something truthful and in that moment can only be in that moment. I don't like to use the word "improvise," but it's a continual writing of the film.

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#4. To use an image, making a film is like climbing a mountain or crossing an ocean. Every day has its challenges.

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#5. Every day, there's that tension and the pressure. Each scene that you shoot is like getting to that next step, but there's still that mountain to climb. So it's not like one day is harder or one scene is harder. They are all equally challenging.

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#6. What really enthralls me is working with the actor and seeing where you can go with that. It's in that exchange and that relationship.

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#7. I don't come to work as an actor. There are many directors who can direct without ever having acted and do a great job and connect with their actors and lead them to excellent performances without themselves having had an acting background.

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#8. I have many projects in various states of development. Some are on paper and some are in my head. But as I go on, I feel the need to be guided in my choices.

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#9. My film (Black Venus) had been very emotionally draining and difficult because I had identified so much with the lead character, Saartjie Baartman.

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#10. The writing of the script is a continual process. There's the first draft and then many, many re-writes here and there.

Abdellatif Kechiche