Occupation: Film Director Birth: May 30, 1928
With Jane Birkin, we had a scene from a film called Jane B. by Agnès V. - a portrait I made in '87. We had a casino scene, surrealistic, in which we ….
It's peaceful to think about the family as a group. I totally believe in extended families..
When I did the first edit of Les plages, it was very dry and very square in a way. I was just saying the minimum. I said, Well, if this is the minimu….
It's interesting work for me to tell my life, as a possibility for other people to relate it to themselves - not so much to learn about me..
I'm interested in people who are not exactly the middle way, or who are trying something else because they cannot prevent themselves from being diffe….
When I started my first film, there were three women directors in France. Their films were OK, but I was different. It's like when you start to jump ….
I live in cinema. I feel I've lived here forever..
This is all you need in life: a computer, a camera, and a cat..
If we opened people up, we’d find landscapes..
In my films I always wanted to make people see deeply. I don't want to show things, but to give people the desire to see..
I'm still fighting. I don't know how much longer, but I'm still fighting a struggle, which is to make cinema alive and not just make another film..
Humor is such a strong weapon, such a strong answer. Women have to make jokes about themselves, laugh about themselves, because they have nothing to ….
The tool of every self-portrait is the mirror. You see yourself in it. Turn it the other way, and you see the world ..
You have to invent life..
If I was tall and blonde, I might have been a dancer or singer..
It's a way of living, cinema. And I see my family, I do this and that, I travel. It's a long process to let it happen..
I wanted to speak strongly about feminism in my life, since it's been a struggle..
I had a very good time when I did The Gleaners - even though the people are poor, and I was suffering to see the conditions, and plus they are not su….
The boundaries between contemporary art and cinema are so rigid. It's unbelievable. The film critics don't know my artwork and the art world doesn't ….
You can buy a good pasta but when you cook it yourself it has another feeling..
I didn't have a list of things I should do this year, next year, find a good novel, sign two stars and make a deal - because I think cinema should co….