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 Read Quote
I couldn’t stand still at a desk for another year. I wanted to go out there and make films. Jean-Marc Vallee Read Quote
When I see great film, I have this feeling of ‘Oh, wow! Wasn’t that great? Wasn’t that good?’ I want to do something. I want to scream and go out there and participate and embrace life. Jean-Marc Vallee Read Quote
I’m such a music geek, a music freak. I wake up in the morning, I press play. Jean-Marc Vallee Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I love actors, and I love projects that give them space and room, and I aim for these projects where the characters are that important. Jean-Marc Vallee Read Quote
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 Read Quote
Filmmaking is so heavy: there are so many people and trucks and teamsters and costume people and hair people and makeup people. I try to make it light and as simple as possible. It’s great for actors. It puts the story up front. It’s not about shots and dollies and lighting and sets. Jean-Marc Vallee Read Quote
Rock was my thing. It influences me and moves me, and it’s music that gives me ideas or wings to fly and to make films. Jean-Marc Vallee Read Quote
