Emmanuel Benbihy Quotes

• Diversity is crucial to art and crucial to cinema. That's a very strong European statement: All people should be able to have images of themselves.

  Emmanuel Benbihy

  Art, Strong, People

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• Some filmmakers don't want to just entertain, to play with the audience like a little ball and then dump them. They want you to be imaginative, and if you're intrigued, the work will grow on you and you're going to build your own interpretation.

  Emmanuel Benbihy

  Filmmaker, Intrigued, Audience

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• Everybody sees things their own way, but putting it onscreen is a different story - you have to deal with production crews. That's what differentiates a good director.

  Emmanuel Benbihy

  Different

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• People build fame because they're pretty sometimes.Most of the time. This is what the audience wants, apparently. I don't necessarily agree, but I cannot go against it. But it's true that our industry is just full of people who actually really look good. It's the criteria of our generation.

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  People, Sometimes, Fame

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• We like people who look good, we like people who elevate our standards, who have things we do not have, it's all about our fantasies. Yes, you can make millions of people dream about somebody who's not good looking, and that's the beauty of cinema, but people don't take the chance that often.

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  Dream, People, Chance

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