34 Quotes by Nadine Labaki

I think you owe it to yourself and you owe it to your status as an artist to be true to who you are.

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.

I have learned to do what I want without hurting anyone. I've learned how to get away with it, with everything. I'm getting away with what I'm trying to do on film but also in my own way.

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.

I like to believe that my actors are not acting. That whatever they are doing, or whatever has been said, would happen in real life.

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.

Critics' points of view can be one thing today and be very different in a few years.

I think of myself more as a director than as an actress. But I do like to perform and express myself in different ways, and I'll keep on doing so, provided I can find interesting roles.

I don't think I make 'Chick Flicks.'