Nadine Labaki Quotes

I was watching TV and saw people with masks, weapons, and grenades. I thought, Is that really possible? Could we be here yet again? And go into civil war one more time?
I'm just someone who observes a lot.
It's only normal for me to work with my family because I think they are talented and because there's a warmth when I'm working. As a filmmaker, sometimes you are very fragile. You are in a very fragile situation most of the time. I think it's important to be surrounded by people you just get along with.
It's very important to me to understand myself and my place in the world. My films help me with that, and the more people see them, the more I am making a statement.
I've never felt that my job was difficult because I'm a woman. It's a difficult job regardless, and it's even more difficult in Lebanon because there's no film industry. There's no structure, funding, or institutions for filmmakers.
I've seen so many women in my family, so many mothers, that have lost children in the war in such absurd ways. I wonder how they do it. How do they keep living? How do they keep smiling?
Lebanon is not only burning buildings and people crying in the street. When you say 'Lebanon,' especially to foreigners, that's the first thing they think of.
Making movies is what I'm good at. Cinema is the means through which I can best express myself.
Movements like Time's Up and #MeToo are putting the problems out there and creating conversations about the issues, and that's really how the healing process starts.
Religion is a very delicate subject in Lebanon. You have to know how to say things in a very delicate way in order to be accepted.
Self-censorship has become a part of me. I think because we live in a place where community is very important, family is very important, you feel the weight of how people look at you. Even though I might seem very modern and very liberated, I still have a lot of issues to deal with. I'm scared of how people look at me.
When I was a kid, I used to spend a lot of time at home because of the war. We couldn't go out and play or go to school. Boredom was a big part of my life.
When people say to me, 'You make us proud,' it's heartwarming to hear that.
When you show people on the big screen that could be our next-door neighbour or our cousin, it does have an impact on our lives.
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Nadine Labaki
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18 February, 1974
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Lebanon
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