The fact that I made a special movie with an old-fashioned style - even if it's a mix between with modern and old-fashioned things - must mean I feel….

I am unusual for a Frenchman - I have absolutely nothing against the United States..

But I don't think of myself as a foreigner or a Frenchman! I just think of myself as a director. Whether I'm French or Australian or whatever, it's r….

I looked at a lot of photos from Hollywood in the '20s, photographs of silent movies being filmed all over the world which are very specific and very….

I went to Hollywood. I put the action in Hollywood. I watched a lot of movies, maybe 100 or something close to that. I have tons of DVDs now at home.….

An idea is something you work on to make it work and a desire is much deeper in a way..

Usually, when you do a period movie, you just recreate what you are shooting. You don't recreate the way you shoot it. I think I did the same thing h….

I thought 'The Artist' was a perfect way to find a good balance. The artistic challenge is obvious because the film is black-and-white and its silent….

I think we are at the very beginning of high changes, not only in terms of digital film, but in the way the movies will be screened, whether they'll ….

When you're with your wife, you don't say I love you to your wife every day but the ways you look at her and your actions are another way to communic….

There's always been a struggle with filmmakers between art and industry, and you have to find a balance.

If you try to make a silent movie with a normal script and you just pull out the dialogue, you will have big problems with the actors because you wil….

French people are strange about America, I think..

Sometimes when an actor says something almost perfect, but you know you have to edit it, if you tell them to change something immediately, it will co….

I make almost all the decisions on set and have to deal with all the financial aspects..

French cinema audiences usually don't express anything. Certainly not satisfaction..

When you look at the early-'30s movies, like King Kong, the codes of acting are very similar to those of silent movies. In some of the silent movies ….

Actually, I met a lot of directors and most of them have that fantasy to make a silent movie because for directors it's the purest way to tell a stor….

It's just incredible. When you're French, coming from a non-English language country, you don't even dream about Oscar recognition or nominations. It….

I always loved silent movies. I was not a specialist, but I loved them. And when I started directing, I became really fascinated by the format - how ….

I want to thank three person: I want to thank Billy Wilder. I want to thank Billy Wilder. And I want to thank Billy Wilder..