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> [I'm going to work with Dan Clowes. After Charlie Kaufman, it's hard to fill up the gap. It's hard to find somebody…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-gondry/i-m-going-to-work-with-dan-clowes-after-charlie-kaufman-it-s-hard-to/)

[Michel Gondry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-gondry/)

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> [I don't mock things, which makes me more vulnerable to mockery myself. If you're cynical, you're protected from mockery. But I have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-gondry/i-don-t-mock-things-which-makes-me-more-vulnerable-to-mockery-myself/)

[Michel Gondry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-gondry/)

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> [I hate cynicism. I wipe it from me. I don't like cynical people. I don't like cynical movies. Cynicism is very easy.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-gondry/i-hate-cynicism-i-wipe-it-from-me-i-don-t-like-cynical-people-i-don-t/)

[Michel Gondry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-gondry/)

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## More by Michel Gondry

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-gondry/i-learned-to-drive-when-i-was-35-i-m-driving-like-an-old-lady-and/)

[Michel Gondry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-gondry/)

> [I'm just thinking of 2001, which I think is the most expensive independent film ever made - which is great, someday I hope I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-gondry/i-m-just-thinking-of-2001-which-i-think-is-the-most-expensive/)

[Michel Gondry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-gondry/)

> [I try to learn from both, from features and documentaries. In both cases you have to find a way to make the camera as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-gondry/i-try-to-learn-from-both-from-features-and-documentaries-in-both/)

[Michel Gondry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-gondry/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-gondry/i-m-attracted-to-working-with-comedians-because-they-don-t-have-that/)

[Michel Gondry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-gondry/)

> [There is an amount of abstraction in my movies, and sometimes they don't really understand it until the film is finished.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-gondry/there-is-an-amount-of-abstraction-in-my-movies-and-sometimes-they-don/)

[Michel Gondry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-gondry/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-gondry/i-shoot-people-in-a-way-that-makes-the-audience-feel-equal-to-them/)

[Michel Gondry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-gondry/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-gondry/in-my-opinion-it-s-more-interesting-to-see-magic-happening-in-a-world/)

[Michel Gondry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-gondry/)

> [All these gadgets, the phone and the computer, they expose the inside of your brain in a way that's bad.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-gondry/all-these-gadgets-the-phone-and-the-computer-they-expose-the-inside/)

[Michel Gondry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-gondry/)

> [Michael Jackson will always be my favorite pop musician; he was for years and years until his death, which was horrible to me. So…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-gondry/michael-jackson-will-always-be-my-favorite-pop-musician-he-was-for/)

[Michel Gondry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-gondry/)

> [I find it particularly shocking that people work all week long, and then on the weekend they give their money to another big corporation.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-gondry/i-find-it-particularly-shocking-that-people-work-all-week-long-and/)

[Michel Gondry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-gondry/)

> [ 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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-gondry/i-like-collaboration-i-like-to-incorporate-other-people-s-ideas-and/)

[Michel Gondry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-gondry/)

> [If people don't like the trailer, then blame it on the people who made the trailer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-gondry/if-people-don-t-like-the-trailer-then-blame-it-on-the-people-who-made/)

[Michel Gondry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-gondry/)

> [I like actors who just are who they are, with a little bit of qualification to adapt to their character. But mostly they just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-gondry/i-like-actors-who-just-are-who-they-are-with-a-little-bit-of/)

[Michel Gondry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-gondry/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-gondry/i-had-a-lot-of-encouragement-and-tolerance-from-my-parents-but-i-also/)

[Michel Gondry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-gondry/)

> [When people are very original, sometimes they are original as a way to resist the mainstream.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-gondry/when-people-are-very-original-sometimes-they-are-original-as-a-way-to/)

[Michel Gondry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-gondry/)

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