Brother Quote by Michel Hazanavicius

I always loved silent movies. I was not a specialist, but I loved them. And when I started directing, I became really fascinated by…

— Michel Hazanavicius

I always loved silent movies. I was not a specialist, but I loved them. And when I started directing, I became really fascinated by…

— Michel Hazanavicius

Some directors were brilliant in the silent era but never felt at home in sound. It's like a sculptor being forced to take up…

— Kevin Brownlow

I never thought of becoming a director. When I was twelve, the passage from silent film to the talkies had an impact on me…

— Alain Resnais

I watched a lot of silent movies. It's a very specific way of writing, which is more of a challenge than the directing. You…

— Michel Hazanavicius

I've always really respected directors. As much as I was interested in acting, whenever I watched a film, it was always the directing that…

— Paul Wesley

I love silent cinema but don't hold it sacred. Like any branch of film there are some very boring films alongside the masterpieces.

— Michel Hazanavicius

I do feel there's certainly some films where you can feel that the directors don't care about the genre and they don't care about…

— Drew Goddard

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…

— Michel Hazanavicius

I intend more of a kinship with silent films than more modern film. I like the old cinema. My films are more of a…

— George Lucas

Friends told me not to bother with the silents - they're jerky, poorly photographed and ludicrously badly acted. But I was immediately struck by…

— Kevin Brownlow

When I couldn't speak English, I loved silent films circa 1914-1929, Abel Gance being my favorite director.

— Kola Boof