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“I had a lot of encouragement and tolerance from my parents, but I also have many friends who didn't get that from their parents and in a way they have more strength from spending years where nobody believed in them.”

Quote by Michel Gondry

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Michel Gondry, born on May 8, 1963, is a renowned French film director known for his unique visual style and creative approach. His works are characterized by unconventional narrative techniques and visual effects, which have won him great popularity among audiences worldwide. more

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“Perhaps my favourite story is 'Le Passe-Muraille' by Marcel Ayme. It's about a guy who wakes up with a weird faculty that means he can walk through walls. He's a very shy clerk, and he uses it to get revenge, or vent his frustration.”

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“It's very hard to say I'm surrealist. It's like saying I'm poetic. It's not something you want necessarily to be aware of.”

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“My father had a Super 8 camera when I was a kid and sometimes he would use it. I did some animation with it. I did a lot of flipbooks.”

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“Pop music is created by repression - and then the system takes it and makes even more money with it!”

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“The MTV Video Awards were never about the video, but about the song. Most of the time it was just to glorify people for the wrong reason.”

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“The problem is, with a lot of children's films, they are very commercial.”

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“I don't call cut between the takes - it's my way to help the actor keep focused. As soon as you say 'cut' you have 10 people jumping on them and everybody's trying to do a great job, and they do, but sometimes they forget that the more important thing is the performance, creating the performance.”

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“I think my imagination dictates the technologies I use. But at the same time, my imagination can be technologic. Sometimes I see a tool and I know immediately how to use it, but most of the time I use the tool for an idea I already have.”

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