“I don't really consider myself a "singer." I am getting more comfortable singing every day, which is great.” Quote by Michael Benjamin Lerner
“There is an amount of abstraction in my movies, and sometimes they don't really understand it until the film is finished.” SometimesFilmAmountFinishedAbstraction Author:Michel Gondry
“Sometimes, when people use too much blue screen in movies, the actors don't look credible, because they have their own opinion of what the thing will look like, and each person has a different opinion.” PeopleLooksPersonsDifferentSometimesUseActorsOpinionToo MuchBlueScreensCredibleDifferent Opinions Author:Michel Gondry
“I read about some movie where they did everything on blue screen, and the actors were not even connecting to each other.” ActorsBlueScreensConnecting Author:Michel Gondry
“I'm not against the technology at all, I just don't like to use it if it's just to mimic what you can do with traditional methods.” IfsUseCan DoTechnologyMethodTraditional Author:Michel Gondry
“It's part of my job to maintain the emotional reality and the naturalism even when the atmosphere is contrived.” RealityJobsEmotionalAtmosphereNaturalism Author:Michel Gondry
“I find, surprisingly, that actors are liberated in their work if there's stuff going on around them, because they can't think too much about who they're supposed to be.” IfsThinkingActorsStuffToo MuchSupposed To BeLiberated Author:Michel Gondry
“I like actors who just are who they are, with a little bit of qualification to adapt to their character. But mostly they just use their own personality to embody the character.” LittlesCharacterUseActorsBitsPersonalityLittle BitQualifications Author:Michel Gondry
“In a way, putting actors deep into this sort of complicated universe frees them from thinking about who they should be. They just are somebody.” ThinkingWayShouldUniverseActorsComplicated Author:Michel Gondry
“I like actors who don't have to think too hard about what they have to do to achieve their performance.” ThinkingHardActorsAchievePerformances Author:Michel Gondry
“The problem is when you get forced to use ideas that aren't good. When I can filter the ideas and use the best of them, I am happy to collaborate.” I CanIdeasUseProblemFilters Author:Michel Gondry