Isabel Coixet Quotes

• Accept people, don't stereotype people. Don't think because right now they're driving a cab, they're not going to have a master's degree or that they're dumber than you.

  Isabel Coixet

  Thinking, People, Degrees

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

  7 Copy quote

• I think if I had been a man, I would be richer. That hurts. But at the same time, I have to keep fighting and not think too much about "what if," because that doesn't lead you anywhere.

  Isabel Coixet

  Hurt, Fighting, Men

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

  6 Copy quote

• Women have to ask for higher paychecks. And not equal, I don't want equal - why do I have to have the same paycheck as a guy who has much less experience than me? I want more. And we have to stop feeling ashamed for asking for more, and we have to begin to feel a little more entitled to things, to normal things.

  Isabel Coixet

  Guy, Feelings, Asking

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

  6 Copy quote

• You have to fight for respect. In life, even cashiers at the supermarket, if they're women, they're differently treated. It's a reality. The reality is not nice; it's not pretty.

  Isabel Coixet

  Nice, Fighting, Reality

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

  11 Copy quote

• I think I can work with different crews; I've worked with Bulgarian, Norwegian, Japanese, and Chinese crews. For me, the most important thing is the storytelling, and I'm really comfortable working with all kinds of languages.

  Isabel Coixet

  Thinking, Chinese, Important

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

  6 Copy quote

• Since I started making movies, I've had to hear a million times, "When are you going to do a comedy?" I think I feel more comfortable in another kind of movie.

  Isabel Coixet

  Thinking, Comedy, Kind

  "'Learning to Drive' Helmer Isabel Coixet on Middle-Age Life Lessons, the Hazards of Shooting in a Car". Interview with Melissa Silverstein, www.indiewire.com. August 20, 2015.

  4 Copy quote

• facebook
• twitter
• googleplus
• email
• linkedin