“Each time, I try to find a family of interesting faces. I follow the tradition of films from the 40s - at this time, there were so many interesting faces in France. I often work with the same because there are not thousands and thousands in France. I'm looking for interesting faces and characters actors, and it's not for everybody.” TryingCharacterFilmFacesActorsInterestingTraditionFranceCharacter Actors Author:Jean-Pierre Jeunet
“When I was a child, I had a ViewMaster, those red box glasses with little discs, so that you can see 3D images. They were my first steps in cinema. I was eight years old, I would cut and change the order of the images and that's how I created films that subsequently I recorded and projected and showed my friends. So I already took my first steps in 3D when I was eight years old.” YearsFirstsChildrenLittlesFilmOrderStepsCuttingMy FriendsRedGlassesBoxesEightCinemaFirst StepsDiscs Author:Jean-Pierre Jeunet
“I've never made any concessions, so I am 100% responsible for my films. This makes me feel very proud.” FeelsMadeFilmProudResponsibleConcessions Author:Jean-Pierre Jeunet
“I thought all I had to do was to buy a camera and become a film director. So when I left school I worked at a telephone company, which gave me the money to buy the basic equipment including the camera, the projector and the screen.” SchoolFilmLeftCompanyDirectorsCamerasIncludingScreensEquipmentTelephonesFilm DirectorsProjectors Author:Jean-Pierre Jeunet
“I would be wary about working in the States because freedom is an important thing. I have made seven films and even on Alien Resurrection I had the freedom. I had to fight and struggle a bit but in the end I won out.” MadeImportantEndsStatesWould BeFilmFightingBitsStruggleImportant ThingsSevenAliensResurrection Author:Jean-Pierre Jeunet
“In general, I have some precise ideas about everything, because the film is completed in my head before we ever start shooting. With casting, I am always present, even for the smallest character.” IdeasCharacterFilmShootingSmallestPreciseCasting Author:Jean-Pierre Jeunet
“When critics love your film, you love critics. When they hate your film, you hate critics. It's the same everywhere, but maybe especially in France, where we have pretty good critics, except for three or four newspapers that are really dogmatic.” FilmHateThreeFourLove YouCriticsNewspapersFranceHate YouDogmatic Author:Jean-Pierre Jeunet
