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When I started I did not know I wanted to be a filmmaker. I started - I made a film. Then when I finished I said, Oh my god it's so beautiful - I should be a filmmaker!
Agnes Varda
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Agnes Varda
Age: 90 †
Born: 1928
Born: May 30
Died: 2019
Died: March 29
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I have respect for literature. If he found the words, if she found the words - this is a book!
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If we opened people up, we’d find landscapes.
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If I was tall and blonde, I might have been a dancer or singer.
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I think people should be different. I love people who don't go by the rule that you have to be careful because you're old, you have to do this and that, you have to eat this and that.
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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.
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I hated myself totally white. So now I cheat. It's my white hair, and I put color there. My grandson says I'm punk.
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I wanted to speak strongly about feminism in my life, since it's been a struggle.
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It's peaceful to think about the family as a group. I totally believe in extended families.
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