If youre writing a screenplay from scratch, it involves a lot of creation. — Philippe Falardeau Creation Copy Share Image
If you're writing a screenplay from scratch, it involves a lot of creation. — Philippe Falardeau Creation Copy Share Image
I'm not too keen on jokes that are one-liners. I want the situation to be funny. — Philippe Falardeau Comedy Copy Share Image
In Canada, we have so much land, so much space, and so few people. — Philippe Falardeau Canada Copy Share Image
Once you're on the set and shooting, it's all just cinema. You have actors and cameras. — Philippe Falardeau Actor Copy Share Image
When you're younger, and you do your first or second film, you want to show everyone what you can do. — Philippe Falardeau Cinema Copy Share Image
I feel relief about the Oscars. You know, you're not in this business for prizes but, okay, I missed one. — Philippe Falardeau Business Copy Share Image
In Quebec, we're less inhibited artistically, culturally, politically. We're less focused on box office and comparing our films to the American films. — Philippe Falardeau Copy Share Image
I would love to write a script where the main character is a woman. I know I can direct a film where… — Philippe Falardeau Copy Share Image
I don't like ostentatious galas and stuff like that, but if you get to the Oscars, you'd better get used to it… — Philippe Falardeau Copy Share Image
The first person to make me realize there was someone behind the film was Steven Spielberg. — Philippe Falardeau Copy Share Image
I studied political science and international relations, so I never considered myself an artist. — Philippe Falardeau Art Copy Share Image
I teach myself archaeology, I teach myself Spanish, and that's because it can be fun, it can be useful. So I keep… — Philippe Falardeau Archaeology Copy Share Image
One particular night I was at the theater. I was not scouting for a project, but I was touched by this play… — Philippe Falardeau Character Copy Share Image
Getting it off the ground is one thing because it has to do with finding the proper people and the financing, but… — Philippe Falardeau Copy Share Image
If you read Herodotus, the first Greek historian 2,500 years ago, he was talking about that - about people mixing with other… — Philippe Falardeau Country Copy Share Image
It's the same challenge as with any other character, adults or not. You want to take time with the kids. You want… — Philippe Falardeau Adults Copy Share Image
I studied political science and international relations and had the intention of becoming a journalist or work in foreign affairs. I had… — Philippe Falardeau Affair Copy Share Image
My film is in French. It's not something folkloric. It's who we are. There's this tension about immigrants coming in. Will they… — Philippe Falardeau Film Copy Share Image
I didn't want the film to be didactic, and this is tough because if you look at the list of issues, you… — Philippe Falardeau Cinema Copy Share Image
We also have this reflex of using specialists for everything, instead of having the person who is there every day with them,… — Philippe Falardeau Copy Share Image
If you look at the Oscars and look at the Best Foreign Language series, you see that the films are coming from… — Philippe Falardeau Academy Copy Share Image
At the end, what I like is that it's the girl's decision to go back in the room. She needs a hug,… — Philippe Falardeau Copy Share Image
I needed to create some dramatic tension to sustain the interest of the audience. For instance, the boy in the film is… — Philippe Falardeau Audience Copy Share Image
It's cool that we got rid of that, but we got rid of everything - the encouraging pat on the back or… — Philippe Falardeau Copy Share Image
I was interested in immigration and I wanted to use that in the film, not necessarily to talk about immigrants, although I… — Philippe Falardeau Copy Share Image
The teacher will never be a parent. The parents are the parents. But they have to engage in some sort of active… — Philippe Falardeau Copy Share Image
What I know is that if I was asked to teach mathematics in French for a week to young kids, I would… — Philippe Falardeau College Copy Share Image
It's like a laboratory, a micro-society of real life, so it didn't look odd to talk about bureaucracy. In the school, in… — Philippe Falardeau Copy Share Image
I think cinema is the memory and the imagination of the country. Take the memory and imagination out of an individual, and… — Philippe Falardeau Being Copy Share Image
In the private system and the private schools, the principal is pretty much a dictator. He or she can hire whoever s/he… — Philippe Falardeau Copy Share Image
I try to set up a playful atmosphere on the set so that they don't get tired too easily. They know it's… — Philippe Falardeau Copy Share Image
I'm pretty optimistic that in the future these kind of films will also be part of the main categories, perhaps not in… — Philippe Falardeau Copy Share Image
Even if I knew that Separation would probably win, when they announced the film, I was thinking to myself "Oh! I want… — Philippe Falardeau Depressed Copy Share Image
We get through life and this is part of the education process also. In real life, we meet bad bosses and good… — Philippe Falardeau Copy Share Image
When I'm actually making a film and trying to find solutions, I like to watch making-of documentaries about huge films, like 'Gladiator.'… — Philippe Falardeau Copy Share Image
In Canada, I've had success raising money. I think I was fortunate enough. But today, I would have to write a very,… — Philippe Falardeau Copy Share Image
Some people around me said "Get a tux and live this and enjoy this" and that's what I did. It was a… — Philippe Falardeau Copy Share Image
Sometimes it's about the economic situation and sometimes it's about the fear of others. Sometimes it's about protecting the generally accepted values.… — Philippe Falardeau Copy Share Image
![“It's cool that we got rid of that, but we got rid of everything - the encouraging pat on the back or even a hug which I find can be acceptable in some situations. I know that it's a sensible subject and that we're trying to avoid nasty things, but [you can] have as many rules as you want, there…” quote by Philippe Falardeau](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/208/philippe-falardeau-11523_acceptable_it-s-cool-that-we-got-rid-of-that-but-we_3231839.jpg)
![“In Canada, I've had success raising money. I think I was fortunate enough. But today, I would have to write a very, very bad script not to be financed for the next one. I'm assured at least of the next one, but you're always [only] as good as your last film. I think it's true for anyone.” quote by Philippe Falardeau](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/574/philippe-falardeau-11523_assured_in-canada-i-ve-had-success-raising-money_68419.jpg)
