Top 74 Quotes by Claire Denis

There seem to be more women producers than men.

I've experienced love and ambition and desire in my life, but never in the same way as in a family.

The history of colonisation cannot disappear.

I really started watching films when I was 14. As I became a teenager, there was nothing that really interested me apart from music, books and films.

I'm a very sinister person.

I think a film noir demands a beginning and an end.

I am always asked, 'You grew up in Africa?' Every time I introduce a film, or I'm interviewed, 'You grew up in Africa?'

I think cinema is linked to literature by a lot of social ways. Our brains are full of literature - my brain is.

Shoes have a meaning.

I hate the idea of growing accustomed to someone and being faithful.