I think being a foreigner and talking about Hollywood allowed me to use some cliches and some references that an American would… — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
Sure, I watched a lot of Hollywood movies. Maybe I've seen more Hollywood movies than French movies — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
I try to respect the rules of the silent movies and I tried to make signification to make sense, and also the… — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
I think Hollywood is cleverer than you think. I'm not sure they will do it. I don't think so, but maybe I'm… — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
I went to Hollywood. I put the action in Hollywood. I watched a lot of movies, maybe 100 or something close to… — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
Hollywood is much more than America. Hollywood belongs to all of the planet. — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
All over the world there are a lot of distributors that have the equipment for 3D but they don't have the movies… — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
I looked at a lot of photos from Hollywood in the '20s, photographs of silent movies being filmed all over the world… — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
I am unusual for a Frenchman - I have absolutely nothing against the United States. — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
Usually, when you do a period movie, you just recreate what you are shooting. You don't recreate the way you shoot it. I think… — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
In France, it's really different the way you live. It's a non-religious country. The public space is not religious; religion is a private thing. — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
I make almost all the decisions on set and have to deal with all the financial aspects. — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
The fact that I made a special movie with an old-fashioned style - even if it's a mix between with modern and old-fashioned things… — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
I strongly believe cinema is popular culture. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. That's life. — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
Even if I make fun of him, I try to portray him as a human being. Sometimes because he's the great Jean-Luc Godard, we… — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
It's not my job. The Weinstein company, it's their job to convince people. My job was to make the movie. That's what I did.… — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
I always try to make popular films. Even in black-and-white and silent. — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
An idea is something you work on to make it work and a desire is much deeper in a way. — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
The Germans were much more graphical. The expressionism is much more than cinema. It was a movement with artists, painters, music and architecture, so… — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image