121 Quotes by Michel Hazanavicius

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

Robert DeNiro, who may be the greatest living actor, usually acts in a way which is very stone-faced, like Steve McQueen.

I always loved silent movies. I was not a specialist, but I loved them. And when I started directing, I became really fascinated by the format - how it works, the device of the silent movie.

But I don't think of myself as a foreigner or a Frenchman! I just think of myself as a director.

I've always been against the idea of dividing films between festival titles and popular movies. I think you can make films that are both.

I always try to make popular films. Even in black-and-white and silent.

I strongly believe cinema is popular culture. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. That's life.

My ambition with 'Redoubtable' was to make a film that would be aesthetically pleasing, charming, and touching.

Some people probably think me telling Godard's story is blasphemy. My friends were worried. But he's not my hero or my god. Godard is like the leader of a sect, and I'm an agnostic.