“Each time I hit a low point I learn the most. Failure is the best university.” Quote by Claude Lelouch
“I spend a lot of time in preproduction working with authors, and a lot of time in postproduction.: editing, music, all that sort of stuff. Casting. On the set there's not a lot for me to do.” StuffEditingCasting Author:Charlie Kaufman
“I think there are things that aren't represented in movies that are a big part of everyone's life. We romanticize everything about people in movies. One of the things I don't like in movies is that people feel alone with their bodily functions in the real world, as if people in the movies don't do these things.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldFeelsRealBigsFunctionReal WorldBodily Functions Author:Charlie Kaufman
“I love writing literary stuff. My favorite writer is definitely Edgar Allan Poe - so imaginative and prolific. My second favorite writer would have to be Shakespeare - I love the emotion and human truths he touches on so beautifully.” WritingHumansStuffEmotionMy FavoriteImaginativeAllan Poe Author:MC Lars
“Hollwood creates useful entertainment. There are millions of people on earth who need distraction and American cinema fulfills that function.” PeopleNeedsEarthMillionsFunctionEntertainmentCinemaDistraction Author:Claude Lelouch
“People are too pretentious in France to like Sarkozy. But he'd be a fabulous president for America.” PeopleAmericaPresidentFranceFabulousPretentiousUs President Author:Claude Lelouch
“An artist is someone who feels the vibrations of the world and tries to transcribe them through his medium.” WorldFeelsTryingArtistMediumsVibrations Author:Philippe Claudel
“It's the comedies and thrillers that are successful. People love horror, but in thrillers. Once you speak of pain and suffering it's a different matter.” PeopleDifferentMatterPainSufferingSpeakSuccessfulComedyHorrorSuccessful PeopleThrillersPain And Suffering Author:Philippe Claudel
“I think about the sincerity of my writing. I try to be true, to pose questions. Shake people up a bit and make them look in a direction they wouldn't normally.” PeopleThinkingWritingTryingLooksBitsBeing TrueShakesSincerity Author:Philippe Claudel
“Most of all people respond to a film tackling grave subjects that question and go against the prevailing mood.” PeopleFilmSubjectsMoodGravesPrevailingTackling Author:Philippe Claudel
“I'm not imprisoned in any one medium. In films I use techniques that are not necessarily what other directors attempt. When I write novels I also use techniques which can run counter to those that a novelist would use.” WritingUseRunningFilmNovelDirectorsTechniqueMediumsNovelists Author:Philippe Claudel