I believe in imagination. I was a worker when I was 17. Between 17 and 21, I was a worker in the telephone company and imagination saved my life. Jean-Pierre Jeunet More Quotes by Jean-Pierre Jeunet More Quotes From Jean-Pierre Jeunet This is one of the things I don't like so much about French cinema - we have tendency to concentrate on actors and dialogue and we don't care so much about the visual aspect. I love when you use all the elements at your disposal. Jean-Pierre Jeunet cinema actors use I hate to lose time on the set. On the set, you have to go at a good pace, because the clock is your master. For that reason, I have to know exactly what I'm trying to get beforehand. Jean-Pierre Jeunet pace hate trying In France, I am so free. I have more freedom than most American directors could dare to even imagine. Jean-Pierre Jeunet france imagine directors Each time, I try to find a family of interesting faces. I follow the tradition of films from the 40s - at this time, there were so many interesting faces in France. I often work with the same because there are not thousands and thousands in France. I'm looking for interesting faces and characters actors, and it's not for everybody. Jean-Pierre Jeunet trying character interesting I would be wary about working in the States because freedom is an important thing. I have made seven films and even on Alien Resurrection I had the freedom. I had to fight and struggle a bit but in the end I won out. Jean-Pierre Jeunet fighting important struggle When critics love your film, you love critics. When they hate your film, you hate critics. It's the same everywhere, but maybe especially in France, where we have pretty good critics, except for three or four newspapers that are really dogmatic. Jean-Pierre Jeunet three hate love-you In Hollywood everything is formatted, everything is compulsory, so therefore we have to follow the law of benefits and profit and money, let us say the law of Hollywood. Jean-Pierre Jeunet benefits hollywood law I'm very slow, and I do everything myself. I remember I spent three days to change the size of something I had sketched because I felt it was too small. Jean-Pierre Jeunet size three remember There is a new philosophy for weapons: it's more expensive to hurt people than to kill people. It's terrible. When you have a band of guys on the battlefield, if someone is dead, he's dead. If someone is injured then they have to take care of him, so six people are busy. Jean-Pierre Jeunet hurt philosophy people I love science fiction but I don't like fantastic [cinema]. For example, if you have a magical ring and you can explode the world with it. What are we talking about? You know, it's not interesting. I don't like Lord of the Rings. Even Star Wars, for me, I don't understand this kind of story. But Alien, because the rules of the game are very precise, it could happen. I love science fiction. I have an idea about robots in the future. Jean-Pierre Jeunet stars talking war
