When I was a kid, I used to escape from my family with my imagination, and I kept this spirit into my adult life. This doesn't always happen. All children have imagination, but for some it doesn't carry over. — Jean-Pierre Jeunet Copy Share Image
I like the cinema of people like Terry Gilliam and Tim Burton. I am not keen on trying to reproduce reality - for that… — Jean-Pierre Jeunet Copy Share
If you make the right choice in casting, your work is nearly done already. You don't have to spend a lot of time directing… — Jean-Pierre Jeunet Copy Share
When I was a child, I had a ViewMaster, those red box glasses with little discs, so that you can see 3D images. They… — Jean-Pierre Jeunet Copy Share
“Quand le doigt montre le ciel, l’imbécile regarde le doigt. [When a finger is pointing up to the sky, only a fool looks at… — Jean-Pierre Jeunet Copy Share
In the States, I learned to fight for every idea. Sometimes, a director has to be a tyrant to keep the quality. — Jean-Pierre Jeunet Copy Share
In Hollywood everything is formatted, everything is compulsory, so therefore we have to follow the law of benefits and profit and money, let us… — Jean-Pierre Jeunet Copy Share
There is a new philosophy for weapons: it's more expensive to hurt people than to kill people. It's terrible. When you have a band… — Jean-Pierre Jeunet Copy Share
In general, I have some precise ideas about everything, because the film is completed in my head before we ever start shooting. With casting,… — Jean-Pierre Jeunet Copy Share
I'm very slow, and I do everything myself. I remember I spent three days to change the size of something I had sketched because… — Jean-Pierre Jeunet Copy Share
This is one of the things I don't like so much about French cinema - we have tendency to concentrate on actors and dialogue… — Jean-Pierre Jeunet Copy Share
I think we're entering a new period of filmmaking that's analogous to switching from black-and-white to color, or from silent to sound. The medium… — Jean-Pierre Jeunet Copy Share
I write scripts by myself. It's not for everybody. It's someone's personal work. I need to be in love with the subject. — Jean-Pierre Jeunet Copy Share
I hate to lose time on the set. On the set, you have to go at a good pace, because the clock is your… — Jean-Pierre Jeunet Copy Share
Each time, I try to find a family of interesting faces. I follow the tradition of films from the 40s - at this time,… — Jean-Pierre Jeunet Copy Share
