I never went to school for directing. I studied theater with a director. I followed plays to see how a director would talk to the actors. I tried to make my own school. — Denis Villeneuve Copy Share Image
On a film crew, you can see very quickly that some people who are working with you are stronger than you. Then you have to have the humility to listen to them. And because very often they have better ideas… — Denis Villeneuve Copy Share Image
When there's no technical problems, if you did the right casting, and the scene is well written, the actor will give you a strong… — Denis Villeneuve Copy Share Image
My home is Montreal. I will stay in Montreal and continue to make movies in Montreal. But it's also very healthy for Canadian filmmakers… — Denis Villeneuve Copy Share Image
The movies I did before were movies with a lot of characters, a lot of locations, and low budgets, which meant that I was… — Denis Villeneuve Copy Share Image
In Canada, for boys, your identity is built on hockey. It's your social position; it's everything. And I was the worst hockey player of… — Denis Villeneuve Copy Share Image
If you don't deal with your shadows, you are condemned to repeat the same mistake over and over, as a human being or as… — Denis Villeneuve Copy Share Image
I was 'impressed' by Hugh Jackman for five seconds the first time I met him, but as soon as he opened his mouth and… — Denis Villeneuve Copy Share Image
The reception for 'Enemy?' I don't care. No matter what other people think, it was important for me. I will stand for that movie,… — Denis Villeneuve Copy Share Image
I made 'Enemy' to prep myself for 'Prisoners.' I had the need to direct something smaller in English before going to Hollywood. That's the… — Denis Villeneuve Copy Share Image
The truth is, when I started to make films, I was terrified. I had a huge difference in what I was writing in the… — Denis Villeneuve Copy Share Image
Cinema is an art form that is designed to go across borders. And as a filmmaker, the only way I can direct a movie… — Denis Villeneuve Copy Share Image
'Close Encounters of the Third Kind.' Big, big, big smash for me. My birth of the love of cinema was born with 'Close Encounters'… — Denis Villeneuve Copy Share Image
