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… — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
I made a movie in Morocco. I made a movie in Brazil. I've made commercials all over the world. Every set looks… — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
They said 'if you have a 3D movie, we'll buy it' because they want it. For maybe two weeks I really thought… — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
I think we are at the very beginning of high changes, not only in terms of digital film, but in the way… — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
I always loved silent movies. I was not a specialist, but I loved them. And when I started directing, I became really… — 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
People inside the theaters usually, not 100 percent but most of them, enjoy the movie. Usually they come with a small negative… — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
The silent movie is an emotional cinema: it's sensory; the fact that you don't go through a text brings you back to… — 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
I watched a lot of movies from all over the world. The Russians were very good at editing. They were specialists in… — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
Actually, I met a lot of directors and most of them have that fantasy to make a silent movie because for directors… — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
When we were making the movie, winning awards for it wasn't the point at all. We didn't even have an American distributor. — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
To me the recognition of the audience is part of the filmmaking process. When you make a movie, it's for them. — 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
