Michel Gondry Quotes

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• Every great idea is on the verge of being stupid.
• I've always loved 3D. In fact, as a kid, I was exposed to 3D at an early age because my grandfather was a specialist of…
• My grandfather lived across the garden from us, and in his attic he had a lot of radios, appliances and inventions that he had made…
• I always wanted to create this community that would come and tell their own story, shoot it - and watch them. The idea is to…
• I don't like the idea of competition - maybe because I kept losing them when I was a kid. Maybe it's better to be the…
• I've dreamed a lot, but i'm not a very good sleeper.
• I like the days when all the filmmakers had was a film roll, a camera and a gangster. The Mack Sennett comedies were all like…
• At school I was very shy. I wasn't funny really.
• All these gadgets, the phone and the computer, they expose the inside of your brain in a way that's bad.
• I don't like vampire movies or zombie movies. I went to see 'I Am Legend' with an ex-girlfriend the other day, and I immediately realised…
• I don't mock things, which makes me more vulnerable to mockery myself. If you're cynical, you're protected from mockery. But I have to be nice.…
• I don't want to compare myself to him - I don't want people to see me as this great genius - but when I see…
• 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 but…
• When people are very original, sometimes they are original as a way to resist the mainstream.
• The beauty of doing #‎ film is that you construct whatever you do block by block and you can build something that will stay.
• 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 risks,…
• 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 and…
• 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 can…
• Perhaps my favourite story is 'Le Passe-Muraille' by Marcel Ayme. It's about a guy who wakes up with a weird faculty that means he can…
• I think it's a problem when journalists have the title of their article before they do the interview, because it biases the way they conduct…

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