Denis Villeneuve Quotes
The idea, as a director, is to be able to bring everybody on board and to inspire and give energy to everybody and to explain specific color, specific ambience. I need to be very precise, but I think I'm a better director when I'm more a channeler than a dictator.
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Don't trust anyone over 30.
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We ended up New Year's Eve playin' a show. My date had stood me up, and I remember walkin' back to my friends with, like, two minutes before midnight and thinkin', 'I'm not gonna have anybody to kiss on New Year's.' And there she was, standin' right there, and I remember kissin' her, and then that was game over.
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A leader has the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved. He inspires the power and energy to get it done.
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As a storyteller, when you see somebody who is the character you envisioned, you feel this energy in the room.
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Your pictures would have been finished a long time ago if I were not forced every day to do something to earn money.
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The idea, as a director, is to be able to bring everybody on board and to inspire and give energy to everybody and to explain specific color, specific ambience. I need to be very precise, but I think I'm a better director when I'm more a channeler than a dictator.
