Agnes Varda

I don't want to become a serious, annoying sociologist. I try to regard sociology as a part of everyday life.

When I was younger, people were inventing a new way of writing - James Joyce, Hemingway, Faulkner. And I thought we had to find a structure for cinema. I fought for a radical cinema, and I continued all my life.

I enjoy the time passing. I think it's a privilege to be in friendship with time.

Maybe something that amuses the Americans is that they are so worried about age, and I'm not at all.

I make documentaries from time to time to remind myself of reality. It's like musicians doing scales to keep their fingers working: when you're in the street, listening to people, you're forced to be in the service of your subject.

Like everybody, I wanted to meet Andy Warhol. I was impressed by his work and how daring he was. I think he changed the cinema completely, simply by opening his camera and letting it go.