Olivier Dahan Quotes

France, Screenwriter
June 26, 1967

Olivier Dahan is a French film director and screenwriter. His third directed film, La Vie en rose, was one of the only French cinema films to win two Academy Awards, including the first acting Oscar in the French language.

Also known as Film Director

The difficulty with telling stories about real people is you have to find a way of mixing yourself into the matter.

Olivier Dahan
- People
- Real
- Yourself
Cannes is a sort of gladiators' arena, and that's the fun part of it. When you accept to come here to open the festival, you know you are going to be criticised. I have no problem with the fact that I expose myself and the movie, and it's normal that I can disagree with the way some people feel.

Olivier Dahan
- People
- Movie
- Fun

I don't like the actors to work together beforehand. I trust my intuition, and I like when the actors are the same.

Olivier Dahan
- Work
- Together
- Trust
I started to think of Grace of Monaco as a metaphor for women in general.

Olivier Dahan
- Women
- Think
- Grace
I don't read the critics.

Olivier Dahan
- Read
- Critics
Cannes is a sort of gladiators’ arena.

Olivier Dahan
- Arena
- Cannes
- Gladiators
But I don’t think anyone should have the right to crush happiness or beauty when they see it.

Olivier Dahan
- Happiness
- Beauty
- See