Catherine Breillat Quotes

#1. 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

#2. 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

#3. 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

#4. Be what we make, and not who we are.

Catherine Breillat

#5. Only conformists are ever adored.

Catherine Breillat

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

Catherine Breillat

#7. 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