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"I would be delighted if after this book, and with the other actions we plan to take, that all communities be represented"

"We survived whitewashing, blackface, tons of dealer roles, housekeepers with a Bwana accent, we survived the roles of terrorists, all the roles of hypersexualized girls"

"They were all determined and excited to make their voices heard"

"We are a family. We say everything, right? All of you who are not impacted by issues related to invisibility, stereotypes or the issue of skin color…the good news is that it will not happen without you. Think inclusion"

"This emptiness has always upset me, but it also inspired me to do this project"

"The best thing would be for all talents, regardless of skin color, to have access to the same opportunities"

"What is played in French cinema does not only concern our very privileged environment, it concerns all of society"

"We’re not going to leave French cinema alone"

"My name would come up from time to time, but with few alternatives in the middle of an empty space"

"It was time to represent blacks in French film—in under a month, we went from coauthors to a true collective"

"The book is a commercial hit in French bookstores, proving that, contrary to what some believe, the public not only wants to read what we have to say, but they share our values of inclusion and diversity"

"I always knew it would be a collective effort where my actress friends would share their experiences"

"I thank You, O my God, that You have given me shelter beneath your roof. Abandonment, love, trust—such is my motto."

"Femininity of today is the one who does not feel guilty of his desires, whatever they are."

"When I was in my 20s, I thought that being known for 'Swimming Pool' was kind of a burden. Like, 'OK, everyone thinks I am this tanned bimbo,' and I was having problems coping with that image."

"“I would like to think those flights of mine have a small corner in the history of achievement. I always liked to say I travelled the world with a Gipsy.”"

"Being a mum makes you more aware of how short life is and how important it is to enjoy every minute because you have less time for yourself. A day doesn't have 24 hours any more - it only lasts 10, or eight. So you learn to get rid of all the parasites. I'm not talking about people, but things that could be toxic for happiness."

"I love that friendship. I love many characters in The Walking Dead but Carol’s character is one of the strongest feminine characters in the history of TV. We discover a woman completely traumatized by her husband in the first season. Just crying the whole time. And we see her in Season 11 just so strong."

"“When you have a dream you have to work hard to achieve that dream. Your dreams when you are young can be the force that keeps you going.”"

"I’ve been inspired by the fact that I’m Rwandan. We left this country in bad conditions. This is my way of contributing towards national development."

"I hope it’s going to help children to develop their inner talents, the idea was to turn this centre which used to serve as an orphanage into something useful for the children."

"We have become accustomed to the horror images of this country, but when I return I find that there is God everywhere all over Rwanda,"

"I don't even wish it on my worst enemy, if I have one. It's horrible, dengue. It is something that strikes you down. You have thoughts of suicide, outright."

"It’s a big pleasure and honor to be among the judges to select Miss France 2021 and I will be celebrating 20 years since I was crowned Miss France 2000 ."

"A country which is stable, unified, clean, at peace and resolutely turned towards economic development ."

"I have a boyfriend who is a director and actor. For now our lives are our biggest project."

"I joined the beauty competition to enable me to be become an actress. I began as Miss Bourgogne in 2000 and three months later I became Miss France."

"But we all know that in real sense, the FN idealists supporters are always so stinking and are hungry of power much as they are quite a big number than before."

"I was like everyone who thinks about their career, I thought it would derail me. I am not married but I have two children. Family is everything and my kids have made me stronger."

"Rwanda is a country which is stable, unified, clean, at peace and resolutely turned towards economic development after 1995 Genocide against Tutsi."

"In 2000 after winning the Miss France crown, I received over 2000 letters of insults and death threats from supporters of FN, because to them I did not represent France ."

"In 2002 I made a choice between Chirac and Le Pen on second round of presidential elections ."

"On May 7, I’m going to vote against Marine Le Pen because I love my country France ."

"Thanks to the team of Ruhengeri Referral Hospital for having me and congratulations for the achievement ."

"MY COUNTRY of origin is called Rwanda ."

"We are in 2017, the face seems more likeable, the communication more treated while the smile that accompanies the campaign promises of more social, making us believe that it will be the voice ‘of the people ."

"Half the time, I live under [the guise of] my characters, so if I start to create an ‘official character’ for myself, it would be exhausting."

"It’s beautiful when you have the opportunity to change from a completely inward role to a very organic, present role."

"It really looks like it's real. You really feel like a little girl. Discovering all these things, is magic."

"We did not see ourselves as remaking cinema at the time, at least not in my view. Myself and the other actors were not part of the industry; we weren’t inside the star system. We were running around, shooting in the streets, hiding behind trees to do our makeup. It was a very simple way of working."

"As soon as we were happy, he tried to get at us by another means, another path. He provoked a new ordeal. One could have thought that it bored him, happiness."

"I came to the showroom to show pictures, and [Coco Chanel] said, “Okay, we’ll make a test to see if you can do it.” I was a little girl—about 17-and-a-half—and so I went into the makeup room and I did my makeup, and my hair, and the eyes to get them a little bit bolder. This woman came in with a big hat, she was 66 or 65 or something like that, but very beautiful! Kind of militaire. She said, “What is your name little girl?” I was talking to the makeup lady, and said, “My name is Hanne Karin Bayer.” She said, “Hanne Karin Bayer? And you want to be an actress? You’ve got to call yourself Anna Karina.” And I said, “Oh that sounds good, thank you, Madame.” Afterwards everybody told me it was Coco Chanel. Two weeks later I got my photo on the cover of Elle magazine and I really got work. That was a big honor at the time, and they called me “Anna Karina,” but they spelled it the wrong way in the beginning, with a “C,” the Italian way."

"Lots of resistance. People really didn’t like it. ‘What is she doing here? This is not her job, she should stay being an actress.’ But I just wanted to see if I could do it, that’s all. And I wrote novels. And did singing – two albums, or did I say that already?"

"J'imaginais que j'allais voyager avec des gitans et que j'allais chanter dans la rue. Un peu comme Piaf. Je connaissais toutes les chansons des chanteuses réalistes, Damia, Berthe Sylva, Fréhel. Je me rappelle aussi que je voulais me marier avec Louis Armstrong"

"Si j'écris mon histoire, c'est telle que je l'ai vécue. Je dis toujours la vérité. Je ne vais ni enjoliver ni noircir le tableau."

"Serge savait ce qu'il voulait, perfectionniste, on a beaucoup répété, on se parlait même en verlan. Je me suis rarement autant amusée avec un homme, nous étions très complices."

"She left me because of my many faults; I left her because I couldn’t talk movies with her."

"I like the earlier [Jean-Luc Godard films] better. The earlier ones are human, the later ones abstract. Like Cubist paintings – not so fun. One day in Los Angeles, I went to a museum and paid $25 and what did I see? White cubes! What’s going on? I go back to the ticket booth and said: ‘I want my money back. I don’t want to look at white cubes.’"

"When I decided to make the film ['], I knew that it was going to be hard. I think I wanted that. I wanted to see how it was to go this far. […] Of course it was kind of humiliating sometimes, I was feeling like a prostitute. […] Kechiche] was using three cameras, and when you have to fake your orgasm for six hours... I can't say that it was nothing. But for me it is more difficult to show my feelings than my body."

"When I started writing the script, I realized that I hadn’t really seen any film with a black couple that was worthy of Romeo and Juliet…And through Ada and Souleiman I wanted to relate a similar kind of tragic love, in the age of rampant capitalism."