Clouds of Sils Maria Quote
Maria Enders: [Maria feels Sigrid's lines in the script sound phony]Honestly, you don't find this ridiculous?
Valentine: Why, because she speaks brutally?
Maria Enders: No, because it's phony. I don't believe it.
Valentine: So you don't think people can be blinded by their own emotions?
Maria Enders: Oh, I do, but not to that extent. It's too theoretical. Even a little stupid.
Valentine: It's theater. It's an interpretation of life. It can be truer than life itself. Sigrid puts Helena's desires into words. She says the unspoken. She formulates it.
Maria Enders: Cruelly.
Valentine: OK, Cruelly.
Maria Enders: Yeah, cruelly. Because she's up to no good. You're not in the character's skin. You - I have no choice, I have to be them. I have to identify with them. When it's phony, I feel it - viscerally. Can be literary but still be true. Can feel the difference and can hear it.
Valentine: Why, because she speaks brutally?
Maria Enders: No, because it's phony. I don't believe it.
Valentine: So you don't think people can be blinded by their own emotions?
Maria Enders: Oh, I do, but not to that extent. It's too theoretical. Even a little stupid.
Valentine: It's theater. It's an interpretation of life. It can be truer than life itself. Sigrid puts Helena's desires into words. She says the unspoken. She formulates it.
Maria Enders: Cruelly.
Valentine: OK, Cruelly.
Maria Enders: Yeah, cruelly. Because she's up to no good. You're not in the character's skin. You - I have no choice, I have to be them. I have to identify with them. When it's phony, I feel it - viscerally. Can be literary but still be true. Can feel the difference and can hear it.
Movie: Clouds of Sils Maria
