Michel Hazanavicius

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 or whatever, it's really not important. ↗

— Michel Hazanavicius

#director #foreigner #french #frenchman #i

Hollywood is much more than America. Hollywood belongs to all of the planet. ↗

— Michel Hazanavicius

#belongs #hollywood #more #much #planet

I think being a foreigner and talking about Hollywood allowed me to use some cliches and some references that an American would maybe not use. ↗

— Michel Hazanavicius

#allowed #american #being #cliches #foreigner

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 will come out great. ↗

— Michel Hazanavicius

#almost #change #come #edit #great

Sure, I watched a lot of Hollywood movies. Maybe I've seen more Hollywood movies than French movies. ↗

— Michel Hazanavicius

#hollywood #hollywood movies #i #lot #maybe

There's always been a struggle with filmmakers between art and industry, and you have to find a balance. ↗

— Michel Hazanavicius

#art #balance #been #between #filmmakers

To me the recognition of the audience is part of the filmmaking process. When you make a movie, it's for them. ↗

— Michel Hazanavicius

#filmmaking #filmmaking process #make #me #movie

When we were making the movie, winning awards for it wasn't the point at all. We didn't even have an American distributor. ↗

— Michel Hazanavicius

#awards #distributor #even #making #movie

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 is what makes you believe that it is impeccable. ↗

— Michel Hazanavicius

#dialogue #everything #explain #i #i think