British actors behave like Europeans; they are also extremely well trained. Jean-Jacques Annaud Read Quote
I had to choose between American and British actors, and it didn’t take me more than a second to decide: Russians are Europeans and should be played by other Europeans. Jean-Jacques Annaud Read Quote
When Americans shoot movies they aim at the entire planet. When the French make movies, they aim at Paris. Jean-Jacques Annaud Read Quote
If you make a movie about Elizabeth I, how much of the dialogue is her real words? Audiences know when they go see a movie that it is fiction. Jean-Jacques Annaud Read Quote
The world distribution of French movies is a laughing matter. That is a fact. Jean-Jacques Annaud Read Quote
America is the only country capable of producing national movies: its culture has become a global culture. Jean-Jacques Annaud Read Quote
The French have got to understand that a film is so expensive that it can no longer afford to be regional or even national in scope. Jean-Jacques Annaud Read Quote
When Picasso painted in Paris, was he a Spanish or a French painter? It does not matter, he was Picasso, whatever the influences surrounding him. He simply chose Paris because it was the ideal place for him to sell his creation. Jean-Jacques Annaud Read Quote
