Author Profile
Denis Villeneuve
1967 • Canadian • Director
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Showing 60 quotesWhen there's no technical problems, if you did the right casting, and the scene is well written, the actor will give you a strong performance with his intuition right from the start.— Denis Villeneuve
I'm learning more and more to share creativity with the crew and actors. A film crew is more powerful if you listen to them, but it does make my job more tough because I have to listen.— Denis Villeneuve
I've been dreaming to do sci-fi since I was 10 years old, and I said 'no' to a lot of sequels - I couldn't say 'no' to 'Blade Runner.'— Denis Villeneuve
In Canada, for boys, your identity is built on hockey. It's your social position; it's everything. And I was the worst hockey player of Canada.— Denis Villeneuve
From 'Polytechnique,' I started to get scripts and after 'Incendies,' of course, it exploded.— Denis Villeneuve
I'm among the hardcore fans of 'Blade Runner.' 'Blade Runner' is one of my favorite movies of all time. It's a movie that is linked with my love and passion for cinema.— Denis Villeneuve
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.— Denis Villeneuve
Since I began making movies, I've always looked for screenwriters instead of going through the long and painful process of writing.— Denis Villeneuve
I'd love to be able to do a comedy like 'Dr. Strangelove.' I'm not a very serious person. Really, I'm very silly.— Denis Villeneuve
It's not about choosing a specific genre; that's not how I go about deciding what movies to make.— Denis Villeneuve
I'm not someone that loves dialogue - I am someone that loves movement. Action, if it's well done, can be very poetic and meaningful.— Denis Villeneuve
I was a sci-fi addict when I was a kid and a teenager. Novels, graphic novels, movies, it was my way to deal with reality.— Denis Villeneuve
Film is pop art. It's not whether it's auteur cinema or not; that's a false distinction. Cinema is cinema.— Denis Villeneuve
When I use violence in a movie, it's just to express the power, the impact of it.— Denis Villeneuve
The thing I realized about final cut is it's the power of the best cut. I didn't have final cut on 'Prisoners,' but what you saw is the best cut. 'Sicario' is a directors' cut. 'Arrival' is a directors' cut.— Denis Villeneuve
In Quebec, as women were getting more power, there were the men who agreed with that and the men who were afraid. I think most men are willing to share power with women, but there's fear. Every time you change something, there's a friction.— Denis Villeneuve
The truth is, when I started to make films, I was terrified. I had a huge difference in what I was writing in the screenplay and what was on the screen after. Sometimes there was a big gap. Now, the more I have experienced, the more I do movies, the more I feel that the dream is closer to the screen. It's coming with experience.— Denis Villeneuve