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 c…

- Abdellatif Kechiche

This film [ Blue is the Warmest Color] actually is the result of me talking with my producer Vincent [Maraval]. I gave him a bunch of ideas and then …

- Abdellatif Kechiche

[ Blue is the Warmest Color ] was really a film about two people having to go through a relationship which everyone knew would lead to a breakup and …

- Abdellatif Kechiche

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.

- Abdellatif Kechiche

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

- Abdellatif Kechiche

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 cli…

- Abdellatif Kechiche

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

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 …

- Abdellatif Kechiche

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

- Abdellatif Kechiche