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" The nature and the DNA of IMAX has been redefined in the past years to shoot these huge blockbusters. But I think that it's not the sole purpose of IMAX to capture cars exploding in your face. "
Xavier Dolan
Face
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Nature
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" It's ludicrous to think people work for you: 'a film by...' doesn't exist. Directed by, maybe, but it's a film from a collective, a group of people whom you consult and seek your counsel and advice and vice versa, too. "
Xavier Dolan
Work
Think
People
" Of all the labels and tags and epithets people have forced upon me, there's one I don't dislike. I get called the 'enfant terrible.' In every article, it's always there. So I have to give that a meaning. "
Xavier Dolan
Always
People
Meaning
" When you're adapting, you are working on someone else's problem that they have already solved. The work has been fine-tuned and read countless times, and you're just arriving at the end and taking what you want, so of course it is the regal way to moviemaking. Plays are just the ideal scripts - the structure is there and waiting for you. "
Xavier Dolan
Problem
End
Waiting
" A lot of directors say, 'Do whatever you want, and I'll just change it on set.' But I love being involved in every part of production. It's very exciting. It's like an empire of creation: Everybody is working so hard to respect a vision and an idea, and it's very weird and inspiring at the same time. "
Xavier Dolan
Vision
Respect
Love
" I've fondly dreamed of becoming the face of an important brand since I was a child, in the same way that others dream of becoming an astronaut. I dreamed of this as I first and foremost dreamed of becoming an actor and would look up at these huge posters of celebrities while driving along motorways or crossing under bridges. "
Xavier Dolan
Driving
Child
Bridges
" No one knows me in the States because the movies have been released in such an awkward, irregular fashion, all by different distributors. There is no continuity. "
Xavier Dolan
Me
Movies
Fashion
" I have struggles in screenwriting that lead me to a third act that's always more or less efficiently wrapped up in a fourth act that's trying to give closure to too many things. "
Xavier Dolan
Trying
Up
Always
" It's important to see how people see your work and how they feel about it. I know a lot of directors who are like, 'I never read reviews,' and I'm like, 'Yeah I can tell.' "
Xavier Dolan
Work
Feel
Important
" Homosexuality is like an inside baseball thing. It's like a gag that people share; 'How is your husband?' But when it comes to bringing diversity to a broader audience, suddenly it's a different road. It's what we call 'a risk.' Isn't it our responsibility to elevate the standards and change people's perceptions? "
Xavier Dolan
Change
Responsibility
Road
" In 'Laurence Anyways,' Nathalie Baye is Laurence's mother, and she is quite an awful mother. Still, she is the only one in the end who truly accepts her daughter. "
Xavier Dolan
Mother
She
Only
" I don't really mind not being a part of a film - because if there is no part for me, I will never force myself upon a film. I feel like it's just a distraction. If it is not organically incorporated into the story, it just feels like a stupid appearance, like a sort of wink. I hate that. "
Xavier Dolan
Myself
Stupid
Mind
" I hadn't watched any Hitchcock movies when I made 'Tom at the Farm,' except for 'Vertigo' when I was 8 years old. I don't have a sophisticated film knowledge, but I have seen the legacy of classic movies in broader entertainment. "
Xavier Dolan
Legacy
Knowledge
Film
" I have a strange relationship with influences because mine are mostly literary or painters or poets, who I'll even quote. I don't do tributes to cinema. "
Xavier Dolan
Strange
Who
Relationship
" I think great artists have no time to waste with having disproportionate egos and irrational requests. They're too focused on their work to actually lose themselves in hysterical spirals where they become monsters or tyrants. "
Xavier Dolan
Great
Work
Time
" Orson Welles was lazy. He was a late bloomer. "
Xavier Dolan
Late
Welles
Lazy
" All my life, I heard, 'Stop daydreaming,' 'Get over yourself,' 'You'll never get there,' 'Aim lower,' 'You'll hurt yourself,' from teachers, family, and friends. "
Xavier Dolan
My Life
Yourself
Life
" When I first got to Cannes, I was very insecure about everything, so I put on this extravagant facade. Can you blame me? I was 19. "
Xavier Dolan
Blame
You
Me
" To me, the idea of success is to be able to work with people you admire. "
Xavier Dolan
You
Work
People
" I don't personally do movies for myself and a faction of very cerebral cinephiles - I do it for everybody and wish for the largest amount of people to relish whatever they find they can relish in. "
Xavier Dolan
Very
Wish
Movies
" Cinema is a thankless industry where sometimes to appear on the cinematic scenery is a thing for late bloomers and people who are very patient. The places are accounted, and the space is often unwelcoming. Money is rare, and independent voices are muted by the almost complete absence of risk takers. "
Xavier Dolan
Cinema
Scenery
People
" It was a privilege to direct the music video for Adele's beautiful, heartbreaking song, 'Hello.' When I first heard it, all the images appeared clearly in my head - and her trust and generosity allowed me to work with abandon artistically and emotionally, like she always does. It made me extremely proud. "
Xavier Dolan
Me
Work
Trust
" Men are born privileged in the scale of things - I'm generalizing, but it's true. Women have to define themselves in the eyes of men. They have to fight for their rights, especially in a society that will pretend that there is no fight or no battle, that it's a cliche, that feminists are reactionary, all these things. "
Xavier Dolan
Battle
Society
Women
" My aunt Julie was a production manager, and she heard of an opening. Some show was looking for children to run around the house or whatever. I auditioned and got the part, and I showed up in all of my monstrous energy, bouncing everywhere like an electron. "
Xavier Dolan
Children
Run
She
" Film-making is not liberating. It drains a lot out of you, and it's fulfilling only temporarily. It's a very thankless thing at times. When you're spending all that time on a film, you don't want 40,000 people to see it - it's just not enough. You dream of more. "
Xavier Dolan
People
Want
You
" The scene of independent cinema is already a large scene in America, and not in a negative way, but it's cluttered. It's very populated with just American films, so the room left for foreign movies is not extremely vast. The American public also does not really read. They don't read subtitles. But we're like that in Canada, too. "
Xavier Dolan
America
American
Movies
" I feel like Adele is a diva. Not in the bad way. She is one of the greatest voices of this industry and of her own art. What she offers is so unique that she's risen to such a status that very few artists can enjoy. "
Xavier Dolan
Unique
Feel
Enjoy
" Adele's look is meticulously thought through and completely of her own traits. She has such a powerful beauty, such an emotional voice, and the kohl, the hair, everything feels organically molded to her personality. "
Xavier Dolan
Beauty
Hair
Personality
" There might be a proper age to know how to tell a story, but there's no proper age to start telling them. "
Xavier Dolan
Know
Start
Story
" My first language is French. I just love words so much, and in French it feels like I can say whatever I want however I want. "
Xavier Dolan
I Can
Love
Language
" I plough all my money into my next film, so I never actually have any money. It's always invisible. "
Xavier Dolan
Money
Invisible
Film