Denis Villeneuve

When there's no technical problems, if you did the right casting, and the scene is well written, the actor will give you…

— Denis Villeneuve

My home is Montreal. I will stay in Montreal and continue to make movies in Montreal. But it's also very healthy for…

— Denis Villeneuve

The movies I did before were movies with a lot of characters, a lot of locations, and low budgets, which meant that…

— Denis Villeneuve

In Canada, for boys, your identity is built on hockey. It's your social position; it's everything. And I was the worst hockey…

— Denis Villeneuve

If you don't deal with your shadows, you are condemned to repeat the same mistake over and over, as a human being…

— Denis Villeneuve

I think a good director is a good listener.

— Denis Villeneuve

I was 'impressed' by Hugh Jackman for five seconds the first time I met him, but as soon as he opened his…

— Denis Villeneuve

The reception for 'Enemy?' I don't care. No matter what other people think, it was important for me. I will stand for…

— Denis Villeneuve

I made 'Enemy' to prep myself for 'Prisoners.' I had the need to direct something smaller in English before going to Hollywood.…

— Denis Villeneuve

The truth is, when I started to make films, I was terrified. I had a huge difference in what I was writing…

— Denis Villeneuve

Cinema is an art form that is designed to go across borders. And as a filmmaker, the only way I can direct…

— Denis Villeneuve

'Close Encounters of the Third Kind.' Big, big, big smash for me. My birth of the love of cinema was born with…

— Denis Villeneuve

I must say, to my great surprise and pleasure, I deeply loved making movies in the United States because of all the…

— Denis Villeneuve

I'm learning more and more to share creativity with the crew and actors. A film crew is more powerful if you listen…

— Denis Villeneuve

My movies are very often violent and dark, but there's a spectrum of light, and that light is coming from the women.

— Denis Villeneuve

I think I'm attracted to subjects that I'm afraid of. It's a way to approach things I am afraid of, things that…

— Denis Villeneuve

I'd love to be able to do a comedy like 'Dr. Strangelove.' I'm not a very serious person. Really, I'm very silly.

— Denis Villeneuve

The problem in cinema is that you can never predict what will happen.

— Denis Villeneuve

I was at the premiere of 'Prisoners,' and I heard two thousand people scream at the same time. I turned to my…

— Denis Villeneuve

I must say, I am a 10,000-times better director because I am in therapy. I'm serious. I can understand more the actors.…

— Denis Villeneuve

When I think of the 1980s, the only color that comes to mind is a brown, yellowish color. I guess it's coming…

— Denis Villeneuve

As a director, you're a bit of a dictator. But I feel that you're a better director if you're open to other…

— Denis Villeneuve

Sometimes you have compulsions that you can't control coming from the subconscious... they are the dictator inside ourselves.

— Denis Villeneuve

When I was a kid, I was always going to bed creating a story, and that was the birth of filmmaking for…

— Denis Villeneuve

I never went to school for directing. I studied theater with a director. I followed plays to see how a director would…

— Denis Villeneuve