Jacques Audiard Professions : Film director Born : April 30, 1952 Browse All Authors Top 27 quotes by Jacques Audiard I was the little French boy who grew up hearing people talk of De Gaulle and the Resistance. France against the Nazis! Then when that boy grew up, he began to uncover things. We began to legitimately ask the question, 'What exactly did our parents do during the Occupation?' We discovered it was not the story they were telling us. Jacques Audiard parent boys people I don't feel comfortable with violence, and I'm not sure that I film violent scenes properly, and it's something I'm reticent to do, and yet violence is sort of in all of my films. Jacques Audiard film violence scene The cinema, as literature, as all the plastic arts, do not exist outside of a critical system that allows us to study them. Jacques Audiard cinema literature art The cinema that interests me departs from realism. Jacques Audiard realism cinema interest If you look at American studios, the big productions have nothing to do with reality. Jacques Audiard bigs reality looks Used properly, cinema is the coolest thing in the world. Jacques Audiard ipads cinema world Film is abstract, not definite. It is a dream. Jacques Audiard abstract film dream Similar Authors Alex Graves film-director Brad Furman film-director Bryan Singer film-director Bruno Dumont film-director Bruce McDonald film-director Bruce Brown film-director All Authors