Canadian - Director | 1968 -
If you're writing a screenplay from scratch, it involves a lot of creation.
Philippe Falardeau
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In the province of Quebec where I come from, we speak French, and the only cosmopolitan city is Montreal. Every time we tackle the subject of immigration and racial tension, it's an issue that concerns Montreal.
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I work, play and do everything in French.
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I think cinema is the memory and the imagination of the country. Take the memory and imagination out of an individual, and he stops being an individual. I think it's the same thing for a country.
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In Canada, we have so much land, so much space, and so few people.
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I studied political science and international relations and had the intention of becoming a journalist or work in foreign affairs. I had no intention of making a film.
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The first person to make me realize there was someone behind the film was Steven Spielberg.
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In Quebec, we're less inhibited artistically, culturally, politically. We're less focused on box office and comparing our films to the American films.
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When you're younger, and you do your first or second film, you want to show everyone what you can do.
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I would love to write a script where the main character is a woman. I know I can direct a film where the main character is a woman. I cannot write that film.
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I'm not too keen on jokes that are one-liners. I want the situation to be funny.
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Once you're on the set and shooting, it's all just cinema. You have actors and cameras.
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