In my opinion, it's more interesting to see magic happening in a world that feels grounded. If the world is already crazy, then anything can happen. So it's better to start with something real. Michel Gondry More Quotes by Michel Gondry More Quotes From Michel Gondry I want to explore new ideas and put myself in a place where I can finish a project that is more unusual or that doesn't seem doable. Michel Gondry unusual want ideas I'm always excited to work with actors. Michel Gondry excited actors If you're not grown up enough to understand that a trailer is not done by the director, then fine. Judge the movie from the trailer. Michel Gondry done judging directors I'm just saying to everyone. The director does not direct the trailer. It's an edited version that takes so many moments of the movie, sometimes it's not even in the movie. The director does the movie. So don't judge the director based on the trailer. Please. Michel Gondry judging doe directors I don't thrive on control. I'm not looking for control. I think I get better results when I don't control things. Michel Gondry get-better results thinking If people don't like the trailer, then blame it on the people who made the trailer. Michel Gondry blame made people And I'm not a micromanagement guy. I prefer to spend my time doing other stuff than that. Michel Gondry my-time guy stuff The problem when you edit a film together, when you shoot a film, you are drawn into the moment. You want each moment to be special and full of life. Michel Gondry special together want You can't feel sorry for a scene. If the movie works without the scene, then you don't need the scene. Michel Gondry scene sorry needs Objectivity is very hard to achieve. It needs some research and patience. If you want to do something honest, you have to explore it a little longer. Michel Gondry objectivity research needs I don't like those shows where people get eliminated every week, and then they have to get meaner to survive. Michel Gondry week shows people I don't like to put people in a competition to defeat the other. Michel Gondry defeat competition people Since I was a kid, I've liked to see how things are done. Sometimes when you see how things are done, it's like watching a 'making of' within the story. You see the physical aspect, the construction of things. Michel Gondry done stories kids I want to see abstract art move. Especially in the '30s, you had animators doing innovative work, and I was entranced by that. It's basically what you see when you close your eyes, when you fall asleep. Michel Gondry art fall moving My goal was to show that even if people work in a garage or a supermarket, they have very funny things to say. We never hear their voices. Michel Gondry funny-things voice people The problem is when you get forced to use ideas that aren't good. When I can filter the ideas and use the best of them, I am happy to collaborate. Michel Gondry filters use ideas I like actors who don't have to think too hard about what they have to do to achieve their performance. Michel Gondry achieve actors thinking I like actors who just are who they are, with a little bit of qualification to adapt to their character. But mostly they just use their own personality to embody the character. Michel Gondry personality use character I find, surprisingly, that actors are liberated in their work if there's stuff going on around them, because they can't think too much about who they're supposed to be. Michel Gondry actors stuff thinking I read about some movie where they did everything on blue screen, and the actors were not even connecting to each other. Michel Gondry connecting actors blue
