Michel Hazanavicius Quotes

French - Director | March 29, 1967 -

Actually, I met a lot of directors and most of them have that fantasy to make a silent movie because for directors it's the purest way to tell a story. It's about creating images that tell a story and you don't need dialogue for that.

Michel Hazanavicius

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Robert DeNiro, who may be the greatest living actor, usually acts in a way which is very stone-faced, like Steve McQueen.

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An idea is something you work on to make it work and a desire is much deeper in a way.

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I'm very happy in France making movies.

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I make almost all the decisions on set and have to deal with all the financial aspects.

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I always loved silent movies. I was not a specialist, but I loved them. And when I started directing, I became really fascinated by the format - how it works, the device of the silent movie.

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Maybe I've seen more Hollywood movies than French movies.

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But I don't think of myself as a foreigner or a Frenchman! I just think of myself as a director.

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Bernard Herrmann was a genius, a great, great composer.

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French cinema audiences usually don't express anything. Certainly not satisfaction.

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I am unusual for a Frenchman - I have absolutely nothing against the United States.

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French people are strange about America, I think.

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