Usually, when you do a period movie, you just recreate what you are shooting. You don't recreate the way you shoot it.… — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
I think there's something in common with the OSS 117 movies. The big difference is there's no irony in this one. It's… — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
Finally, you're right about one point, your entire way of thinking is predicted by what you're immersed in so you know you… — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
But I don't think of myself as a foreigner or a Frenchman! I just think of myself as a director. Whether I'm… — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
I think the writer is always the creator, because he's starting with nothing, but the actor comes in and gives flesh and… — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
But sometimes I think you have to try to do things that people don't think are doable. — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
I think being a foreigner and talking about Hollywood allowed me to use some cliches and some references that an American would… — 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 can say is usually people are slightly confused. They think that silent movies are old. But, the fact is, they are… — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
When you do not have the dialogue to explain things, you will use everything to show and to tell the story. I… — 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
Sometimes I think you have to try to do things that people don't think are doable. I remember at the very beginning… — 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
