I waited for each film to become important for me. If I had no ideas for a film, I didn't do a film. So I made not that many films for fifty-four years of working.
Agnes VardaI wanted to catch the problem of consumption, waste, poor people eating what we throw away, which is a big subject. But I didn't want to become a sociologue, an ethnographe, a serious thinker. I thought I should be free, even in a documentary which has a very serious subject.
Agnes VardaSometimes I say, If I had seen some masterpieces, maybe I wouldn't have dared start. I started very - not innocent, but naรฏve in a way.
Agnes VardaIn 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.
Agnes Varda