I was the little French boy who grew up hearing people talk of De Gaulle and the Resistance. France against the Nazis! Then when that boy grew up, he began to uncover things. We began to legitimately ask the question,… — Jacques Audiard Copy Share Image
It's truly gratifying to see my films reach beyond a familiar public, to get a chance to move new audiences. It's nuts. It's extraordinary. — Jacques Audiard Copy Share Image
Something that I tell myself every morning when I wake up is like: "Think it over, take the time to think it over." I… — Jacques Audiard Copy Share Image
If you look at American studios, the big productions have nothing to do with reality. — Jacques Audiard Copy Share Image
An archetypal gangster is always at a remove. We can't get into his mindset. — Jacques Audiard Copy Share Image
I think 'Scarface' is a great film, but if you have a character like Tony Montana, you don't identify with him at all. I… — Jacques Audiard Copy Share Image
Cinema for me only has meaning when it has a relationship with what I see outside on the street. — Jacques Audiard Copy Share Image
Beauty is subjective: Bette Davis wasn't beautiful, but she was more than beautiful. — Jacques Audiard Copy Share Image
When you're a kid and your father is an engineer, he goes to the office. I saw my father get up and go to… — Jacques Audiard Copy Share Image
Cool? Am I cool? I don't know, but I hope my characters are cool, in the sense of iconic. That's my job, at its… — Jacques Audiard Copy Share Image
I was the little French boy who grew up hearing people talk of De Gaulle and the Resistance. France against the Nazis! Then when… — Jacques Audiard Copy Share Image
When someone is punched in the face, you find out what they are made of. — Jacques Audiard Copy Share Image
If I ask my actors to bare themselves, to reveal themselves as almost naked, I have to bare myself, expose myself as well. That's… — Jacques Audiard Copy Share Image
