Jean-Marc Vallee Quotes

• 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.

  Jean-Marc Vallee

  Song, Character, Magic

  "Director Jean-Marc Vallée Talks DALLAS BUYERS CLUB, Looking for Humanity in the True Story, and His Next Project WILD". Interview with Sheila Roberts, collider.com. November 4, 2013.

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• There's a way of filming where you can get rid of the vanity and of trying to make something beautiful.

  Jean-Marc Vallee

  Beautiful, Vanity, Trying

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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.

  Jean-Marc Vallee

  Quality, Acting, Emotion

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• I look back, and I've got a couple of films, and I'm happy.

  Jean-Marc Vallee

  Couple, Looks, Film

  "Jean-Marc Vallee Takes on More". Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. October 30, 2013.

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• As a director, try to be humble and not to overdo it, not overcoverage and over-covering the scene.

  Jean-Marc Vallee

  Humble, Trying, Directors

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• Just film what's there, trust what came before, one hour before, and make it easy.

  Jean-Marc Vallee

  Film, Easy, Hours

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• 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

  Beautiful, Kids, Thinking

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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.

  Jean-Marc Vallee

  Cutting, Directors, Needs

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• I respect the British a lot - their history, their past, their culture. I think it's beautiful, what they have with the monarchy.

  Jean-Marc Vallee

  Beautiful, Past, Thinking

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• 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

  School, Less Is More, Dallas

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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.

  Jean-Marc Vallee

  Careers, Trying, Directors

  "Jean-Marc Vallee Takes on More". Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. October 30, 2013.

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