Representation

“We are a democracy, a democratic republic that says that every voice should be heard to set the future.”

“I don't set out to play real people; what usually motivates me is the quality of the writing.”

“If the Freedom Democratic Party is not seated now, I question America.”

“I am the candidate of the people of America.”

“Quiero hacerlo en nombre de los pueblos de América Latina.”

“By today's vote the Democratic Party has been returned to the people.”

“For me, the essence of cinema is a human face speaking.”

“The great alphabet of our art is the human figure.”

“We must show Thai traditional style to the world.”

“I know that my paintings declare absolutely everything. Nothing is hidden whatsoever.”

“I never put anything into a picture that I don’t actually see when I’m painting a subject.”

“What I’m interested in in painting is people, of course, principally, how they live, how they behave.”

“What I find compelling is to write stories about people in Latin America who otherwise might be invisible.”

“The problem with coming from nowhere and everywhere is that no matter how people describe you, you still feel mislabeled, misunderstood, sometimes even reduced.”

“I want to play women in all their many facets.”

“Les peuples africains ont un besoin vital de leur propre image.”

“I see that no one else of our race has done it; perhaps I may be pardoned for assuming so great a task.”

“Cinema has to reach out to these populations at the periphery.”