Michel Gondry – 6 Quotes

6 Quotes by Michel Gondry

The beauty of doing film is that you construct whatever you do block by block and you can build something that will stay.

– Michel Gondry

At school I was very shy. I wasn’t funny really.

– Michel Gondry

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.

– Michel Gondry

I shoot people in a way that makes the audience feel equal to them. And it’s hard to express and it’s hard to execute but I think it works on every level – the choice of the material the choice of the actor, my relationship with the actor, and so on.

– Michel Gondry

I’ve always loved 3D. In fact, as a kid, I was exposed to 3D at an early age because my grandfather was a specialist of 3D in cinematheques. And then my cousin put it in ‘Science of Sleep’ with toilet paper tube cities. But he was a specialist and I always wanted to do something in 3D.

– Michel Gondry

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.

– Michel Gondry