Walter Salles Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“But I also think that the more you reason collectively about what the project should be at the beginning of the process, the more you can improvise later.”

“I come from a country and also a continent whose identity is in the making. We're a very young culture, and I think that things are not yet crystallised.”

“That's why I have always admired documentaries, because they open windows that can make you understand much better where you come from, much better than fiction, I think.”

“So I feel a responsibility to help first-time film-makers in Brazil, but also to increase the dialogue between film cultures which are really wonderful and so much closer to us than what we do see on our screens.”

“The other aspect is that you become much more aware of the structural problems that pertain to that continent. You feel the need to act to try and solve them.”

“We all knew the book well because it's the cult book in Latin America. For me, this was a sacred territory. I would not have ventured into it by myself.”