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"The world distribution of French movies is a laughing matter. That is a fact."
Movies
"When a French book becomes an international hit it is because of the author and not because of the language. The same goes for movies."
Movies
"The French have got to understand that a film is so expensive that it can no longer afford to be regional or even national in scope."
Film
"The art of motion pictures is pictorial and language comes a distant second."
Art
"Today's cinema is a global art form, it is impossible to make movies for a market the size of France, representing no more than 4% of the world's total."
Art
"I think it is a mistake to identify a movie according to its language, as if movies were literature."
Movies
"War scenes are less difficult than love scenes."
Love
"When Americans shoot movies they aim at the entire planet. When the French make movies, they aim at Paris."
Movies
"I make movies just as painters paint: I work where I can."
Movies
"My way of remaining French was the financing scheme I used for Quest for Fire, with Fox funds, since it started as a 100% American production. The film was not in French and yet was French in style, reflecting my personality."
French
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"There's something with the physical size of America... American writers can write about America and it can still feel like a foreign country."
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"This is due partly to the fact that Americans are much better fed than Europeans, and partly to the undeveloped resources of a new country, but more largely to our climate, which acts as a constant stimulus."
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"I believe we are now in a struggle over whether or not we are going to save America."
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"I am an American citizen and feel I am entitled to the same rights as any other citizen."
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"So, if I were arrested or if I were killed, then after me the issues that American fears about me wouldn't exist anymore - and I couldn't tell you what those issues are."
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"America is not only big and rich, it is mysterious; and its capacity for the humorous or ironical concealment of its interests matches that of the legendary inscrutable Chinese."
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"Then on to all the terrific american songwriters, from Tin Pan Alley to the Beatles, from Bob Dylan to Paul Simon. Whoever wrote and sang in the song form I have appreciated."
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"Americans can pretty much sing anything, whereas foreign singers are often limited in style, language, even composer."
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"Since when have we Americans been expected to bow submissively to authority and speak with awe and reverence to those who represent us?"
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"Your political system is actually too democratic. The fact that Americans vote on every bill and proposition can prolong bigotry indefinitely, especially where it is aimed at minority groups."
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