Around age 18, I decided to start writing my own stuff. I wrote some bad short films and shot them. I tried to make… — Quentin Dupieux Copy Share
So many people are killing their childhood. It's like, "Okay, today I've decided I'm gonna be a grown-up, and I'm not a kid anymore."… — Quentin Dupieux Copy Share
To me, the movie is more funny if, at the same time, you can think a little bit or dream a little bit. — Quentin Dupieux Copy Share
A real good artist is basically a grown-up kid, who never kills the kid. What we call being an adult is basically about killing… — Quentin Dupieux Copy Share
I'm a small filmmaker, making my small, low-budget movies, but I'm super lucky to know that everybody reacts differently to my movies. That's interesting. — Quentin Dupieux Copy Share
I'm just trying to find some secret places in the human brain because I think movies tend to be too rational sometimes. Everything is… — Quentin Dupieux Copy Share
When I'm on the set, I take five minutes to find the best angle for a scene, and then we just shoot it and… — Quentin Dupieux Copy Share
I've been obsessed with making movies since I was 15. I watched a lot of movies when I was young, and I decided that… — Quentin Dupieux Copy Share
I really think that life isn't logical and life isn't always meaningful. I'm just trying to go into that zone without being too random,… — Quentin Dupieux Copy Share
On the set, everybody is different, so you have to deal with different sensibilities. I don't have a method. Usually, I try to have… — Quentin Dupieux Copy Share
It [moviemaking] is like a dream. When you're dreaming, you make some very strange connections between some random stuff and random people. — Quentin Dupieux Copy Share
Yeah, the main goal when I'm writing [movie scripts] is to entertain myself. It's supposed to be funny, but then a funny idea can… — Quentin Dupieux Copy Share
I don't like to be on a set and wait three hours, just to make some lighting adjustments. I like to shoot. That's what… — Quentin Dupieux Copy Share
That's what happens with most comedies. If you watch 10 minutes and there's no joke, then you're disappointed because you're expecting jokes. The same… — Quentin Dupieux Copy Share
