Canadian - Director | March 9, 1963 -
There's a way of filming where you can get rid of the vanity and of trying to make something beautiful.
Jean-Marc Vallee
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When I do a mix tape for my kids, for my friends, for my lover, I meticulously choose the tracks, and it's beautiful. And when they are alone they think of me - and when I am alone I think of them.
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I love those films where I feel the director's confidence - where he doesn't need to overdo it with the shots and the cuts.
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I respect the British a lot - their history, their past, their culture. I think it's beautiful, what they have with the monarchy.
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I only made one film with a score, and I hate it. I hate the score of that film. It's not coming from me. I had nothing to do with it.
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It can be a machine. The machine tries to make money and forget about the heart and the art. Hollywood is more about making money.
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I like character-driven stuff that shows humanity and something that can make people think.
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When you move handheld, and the director of photography has the courage to shoot with no lights, the set becomes a space of creativity and freedom where actors can move wherever they want to move.
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You get to become a kid again when you work with kids. They do crazy stuff.
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It's tough to work with kids. Kids are animals!
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I'm a writer and director, and I like to do that, but for some reason, it's become part of the industry and part of the job to go, 'Alright, let's talk about it!'
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I think we give too much importance to artists talking about the art and the film and the books and the plays and the music - it's done; the material is there. But we talk about it because it's part of the game. I'm comfortable with it.
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