All Michel Hazanavicius Quotes
- I watched a lot of silent directors who were absolutely great like John Ford and Fritz Lang, Tod Browning, and also some very modern directors… Absolutely
- But I don't think of myself as a foreigner or a Frenchman! I just think of myself as a director. Whether I'm French or Australian… Australian
- Hollywood is much more than America. Hollywood belongs to all of the planet. All
- Sometimes when an actor says something almost perfect, but you know you have to edit it, if you tell them to change something immediately, it… Actor
- I always loved silent movies. I was not a specialist, but I loved them. And when I started directing, I became really fascinated by the… Always Loved
- I think we are at the very beginning of high changes, not only in terms of digital film, but in the way the movies will… Beginning
- This is the problem with language, and this is what makes silent movies fun, because the connection with them, me or the audience is not… Audience
- When you do not have the dialogue to explain things, you will use everything to show and to tell the story. I think that this… Believe
- Sure, I watched a lot of Hollywood movies. Maybe I've seen more Hollywood movies than French movies French
- It's about storytelling. The story is told through images. So with the cast, I had to make sure that the emotions were readable without sound...… Actors
- There's always been a struggle with filmmakers between art and industry, and you have to find a balance Art
- When you look at the early-'30s movies, like King Kong, the codes of acting are very similar to those of silent movies. In some of… Acting
- It's just incredible. When you're French, coming from a non-English language country, you don't even dream about Oscar recognition or nominations. It's just beyond the… Any
- French cinema audiences usually don't express anything. Certainly not satisfaction. Anything Certainly
- I want to thank three persons, I want to thank Billy Wilder, I want to thank Billy Wilder and I want to thank Billy Wilder. Billy
- I thought 'The Artist' was a perfect way to find a good balance. The artistic challenge is obvious because the film is black-and-white and its… Accessible
- 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 -… Adapting
- Actually, I met a lot of directors and most of them have that fantasy to make a silent movie because for directors it's the purest… Creating
- An idea is something you work on to make it work and a desire is much deeper in a way. Deeper
- Bernard Herrmann was a genius, a great, great composer. Bernard
- But sometimes I think you have to try to do things that people don't think are doable. Doable
- French people are strange about America, I think. America
- I make almost all the decisions on set and have to deal with all the financial aspects. All
- I'm very happy in France making movies. France
- If you try to make a silent movie with a normal script and you just pull out the dialogue, you will have big problems with… Actor