I want to explore new ideas and put myself in a place where I can finish a project that is more unusual… — 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
Objectivity is very hard to achieve. It needs some research and patience. If you want to do something honest, you have to… — Michel Gondry Copy Share Image
I don't want to compare myself to him - I don't want people to see me as this great genius - but… — Michel Gondry Copy Share Image
Of course, from time to time, I want to do everything myself and be more involved on my own with the creative… — Michel Gondry Copy Share Image
It's very hard to say I'm surrealist. It's like saying I'm poetic. It's not something you want necessarily to be aware of. — Michel Gondry Copy Share Image
The problem when you edit a film together, when you shoot a film, you are drawn into the moment. You want each… — Michel Gondry Copy Share Image
I want to see abstract art move. Especially in the '30s, you had animators doing innovative work, and I was entranced by… — Michel Gondry Copy Share Image
You cannot do everything you want with the 3D camera, it's too big, and the digital quality of those cameras is a… — Michel Gondry Copy Share Image
I think the purpose of test screenings is different for the studio and for the filmmaker. For the studio, I think they… — 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
