Chantal Akerman > Quotes

“When people are enjoying a film they say "I didn’t see the time go by"… but I think that when time flies and you don’t see time passing by you are robbed of an hour and a half or two hours of your life. Because all you have in life is time. With my films you’re aware of every second passing through your body.”
― Chantal Akerman

“I never thought of myself as an odd one or different in any way…I just had a way, a way that was mine and mine alone. A way that was maybe a bit peculiar, but I liked that. I liked the fact that other people weren’t odd in the same way… I felt that being odd suited me… My oddness had a certain something, I thought. A style. A style that belonged to me. Then it became a habit and I no longer thought about my odd style, that was how I was and that was that.”
― Chantal Akerman

“Eu sei que isto me cansa mas tudo me cansa de qualquer forma sou uma pessoa cansada excepto quando por vezes me esqueço de mim mesma.”
― Chantal Akerman, Una familia en Bruselas

“/Eu sei que isto me cansa mas tudo me cansa de qualquer forma sou uma pessoa cansada excepto quando por vezes me esqueço de mim mesma. É muito raro esquecer-me é preciso festas grandes festas com toda a família reunida festas como casamentos festas onde dançamos então esqueço-me e danço.”
― Chantal Akerman, Una familia en Bruselas