[on observing schoolchildren in preparation for
Monsieur Lazhar (2011)] I have to admit that probably all these kids are part of me. That kid who had anemia, who looks like he always has a headache? I was that kid sometimes. That kid who is turbulent and always throwing things? I was that kid too. The young Alice who is curious enough to ask this strange man where he has come from, what's your country? I was that kid.