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" I had written 'Cafe de Flore' with 'Stairway to Heaven' in mind. "
Jean-Marc Vallee
Mind
Stairway
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" I was attached to 'Sharp Objects' before 'Big Little Lies,' actually. "
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" You've got to trust your instincts, your judgment and trust the storytelling that came before and the quality of the acting with the emotion. "
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" In a career, when you hit 40 and you've done a lot of this and that, you want to try some new things. I feel like that as a director, too, from one film to the other. "
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" As a director, try to be humble and not to overdo it, not overcoverage and over-covering the scene. "
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" It can be a machine. The machine tries to make money and forget about the heart and the art. Hollywood is more about making money. "
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" I love those films where I feel the director's confidence - where he doesn't need to overdo it with the shots and the cuts. "
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" I look back, and I've got a couple of films, and I'm happy. "
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" Trust the acting. "
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" When I see great film, I have this feeling of 'Oh, wow! Wasn't that great? Wasn't that good?' I want to do something. I want to scream and go out there and participate and embrace life. "
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" I'm always aiming for some magic in films if I can find a mystical quality either in a song or in a moment or a character's intention. "
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Character
Quality
Song
" I have two sons, and at 16, they were into Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, David Bowie, and a lot of British rock. "
Jean-Marc Vallee
Rock
Two
British
" I like character-driven stuff that shows humanity and something that can make people think. "
Jean-Marc Vallee
Think
Something
Humanity
" I only made one film with a score, and I hate it. I hate the score of that film. It's not coming from me. I had nothing to do with it. "
Jean-Marc Vallee
Film
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Coming
" It's tough to work with kids. Kids are animals! "
Jean-Marc Vallee
Kids
Tough
Work
" I'm a writer and director, and I like to do that, but for some reason, it's become part of the industry and part of the job to go, 'Alright, let's talk about it!' "
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Director
Talk
Go
" When you move handheld, and the director of photography has the courage to shoot with no lights, the set becomes a space of creativity and freedom where actors can move wherever they want to move. "
Jean-Marc Vallee
You
Space
Creativity
" You get to become a kid again when you work with kids. They do crazy stuff. "
Jean-Marc Vallee
Crazy
Kid
Work
" When I do a mix tape for my kids, for my friends, for my lover, I meticulously choose the tracks, and it's beautiful. And when they are alone they think of me - and when I am alone I think of them. "
Jean-Marc Vallee
Alone
Me
Kids
" 'Sharp Objects' was scary, unknown territory for me. I wouldn't pick this kind of material to direct if you just gave me the book. Amy Adams was the force that drove me in. "
Jean-Marc Vallee
Scary
Unknown
You
" I'm from the 'less is more' school. I had to be in the 'more is more' zone with 'Dallas Buyers Club', so I was out of my comfort zone, but I had to trust that. "
Jean-Marc Vallee
Comfort Zone
Comfort
Trust
" Just film what's there, trust what came before, one hour before, and make it easy. "
Jean-Marc Vallee
Just
Film
Easy
" I couldn't stand still at a desk for another year. I wanted to go out there and make films. "
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Stand
Go
Desk
" There's a way of filming where you can get rid of the vanity and of trying to make something beautiful. "
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Way
You
Beautiful
" I respect the British a lot - their history, their past, their culture. I think it's beautiful, what they have with the monarchy. "
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Culture
Respect
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