My father had a Super 8 camera when I was a kid and sometimes he would use it. I did some animation… — Michel Gondry Copy Share Image
There is an amount of abstraction in my movies, and sometimes they don't really understand it until the film is finished. — Michel Gondry Copy Share Image
When people are very original, sometimes they are original as a way to resist the mainstream. — Michel Gondry Copy Share Image
Sometimes it's interesting to see something that you're not used to seeing, which is the main ingredient of life, and it's removed… — Michel Gondry Copy Share Image
I'm just saying to everyone. The director does not direct the trailer. It's an edited version that takes so many moments of… — Michel Gondry Copy Share Image
Since I was a kid, I've liked to see how things are done. Sometimes when you see how things are done, it's… — Michel Gondry Copy Share Image
I don't call cut between the takes - it's my way to help the actor keep focused. As soon as you say… — Michel Gondry Copy Share Image
Sometimes, when people use too much blue screen in movies, the actors don't look credible, because they have their own opinion of… — Michel Gondry Copy Share Image
I think my imagination dictates the technologies I use. But at the same time, my imagination can be technologic. Sometimes I see… — Michel Gondry Copy Share Image
It's a very American thing that everything has to be a business. Americans think... I like America, or I would not be… — Michel Gondry Copy Share Image
If I have a good dream and I wake up happy. When I have an idea, I feel happy. Sometimes achievement and… — Michel Gondry Copy Share Image
I'm going to work with Dan Clowes. After Charlie Kaufman, it's hard to fill up the gap. It's hard to find somebody… — Michel Gondry Copy Share Image
When I shoot actors, I have that dilemma. I want the actor to be good, and sometimes I have to push them… — Michel Gondry Copy Share Image
I learned to drive when I was 35. I'm driving like an old lady and very close to the wheel. I don't take many… — Michel Gondry Copy Share
I'm just thinking of 2001, which I think is the most expensive independent film ever made - which is great, someday I hope I… — Michel Gondry Copy Share
I try to learn from both, from features and documentaries. In both cases you have to find a way to make the camera as… — Michel Gondry Copy Share
I'm attracted to working with comedians because they don't have that stars' idea of what a hero should be. The downside is they're always… — Michel Gondry Copy Share
There is an amount of abstraction in my movies, and sometimes they don't really understand it until the film is finished. — Michel Gondry Copy Share
I shoot people in a way that makes the audience feel equal to them. And it's hard to express and it's hard to execute… — Michel Gondry Copy Share
In my opinion, it's more interesting to see magic happening in a world that feels grounded. If the world is already crazy, then anything… — Michel Gondry Copy Share
All these gadgets, the phone and the computer, they expose the inside of your brain in a way that's bad. — Michel Gondry Copy Share
Michael Jackson will always be my favorite pop musician; he was for years and years until his death, which was horrible to me. So… — Michel Gondry Copy Share
I find it particularly shocking that people work all week long, and then on the weekend they give their money to another big corporation.… — Michel Gondry Copy Share
I like collaboration, I like to incorporate other people's ideas [and] that's what happens when you do a big movie. Unless you're called Stanley… — Michel Gondry Copy Share
If people don't like the trailer, then blame it on the people who made the trailer. — Michel Gondry Copy Share
I like actors who just are who they are, with a little bit of qualification to adapt to their character. But mostly they just… — Michel Gondry Copy Share
I had a lot of encouragement and tolerance from my parents, but I also have many friends who didn't get that from their parents… — Michel Gondry Copy Share
When people are very original, sometimes they are original as a way to resist the mainstream. — Michel Gondry Copy Share
