Actor Quotes by Michel Gondry

8 Actor quotes by Michel Gondry

Michel Gondry’s eight lines on acting reveal his whimsical, visual‑driven sensibility. Though brief, they capture his unique way of thinking about performance and creativity.

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I shoot people in a way that makes the audience feel equal to them. And it's hard to express and it's hard…

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I like actors who just are who they are, with a little bit of qualification to adapt to their character. But mostly…

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Sometimes, when people use too much blue screen in movies, the actors don't look credible, because they have their own opinion of…

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I like actors who don't have to think too hard about what they have to do to achieve their performance.

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When I shoot actors, I have that dilemma. I want the actor to be good, and sometimes I have to push them…

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I find, surprisingly, that actors are liberated in their work if there's stuff going on around them, because they can't think too…

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In a way, putting actors deep into this sort of complicated universe frees them from thinking about who they should be. They…

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I don't call cut between the takes - it's my way to help the actor keep focused. As soon as you say…

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I learned to drive when I was 35. I'm driving like an old lady and very close to the wheel. I don't take many…

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I'm just thinking of 2001, which I think is the most expensive independent film ever made - which is great, someday I hope I…

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I try to learn from both, from features and documentaries. In both cases you have to find a way to make the camera as…

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I'm attracted to working with comedians because they don't have that stars' idea of what a hero should be. The downside is they're always…

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There is an amount of abstraction in my movies, and sometimes they don't really understand it until the film is finished.

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I shoot people in a way that makes the audience feel equal to them. And it's hard to express and it's hard to execute…

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In my opinion, it's more interesting to see magic happening in a world that feels grounded. If the world is already crazy, then anything…

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All these gadgets, the phone and the computer, they expose the inside of your brain in a way that's bad.

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Michael Jackson will always be my favorite pop musician; he was for years and years until his death, which was horrible to me. So…

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I find it particularly shocking that people work all week long, and then on the weekend they give their money to another big corporation.…

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I like collaboration, I like to incorporate other people's ideas [and] that's what happens when you do a big movie. Unless you're called Stanley…

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If people don't like the trailer, then blame it on the people who made the trailer.

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I like actors who just are who they are, with a little bit of qualification to adapt to their character. But mostly they just…

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I had a lot of encouragement and tolerance from my parents, but I also have many friends who didn't get that from their parents…

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When people are very original, sometimes they are original as a way to resist the mainstream.

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