Sometimes I think you have to try to do things that people don't think are doable. I remember at the very beginning actually, the first person I had ….

I guess George Clooney would be a wonderful silent actor, and Leonardo DiCaprio is such a wonderful actor he certainly could do it..

Hollywood is much more than America. Hollywood belongs to all of the planet..

To me the recognition of the audience is part of the filmmaking process. When you make a movie, it's for them..

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

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….

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.….

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….

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

French people are strange about America, I think..

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 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 ….

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….

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

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

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

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..