When I do a mix tape for my kids, for my friends, for my lover, I meticulously choose the tracks, and it's beautiful. And when they are alone they th…

- Jean-Marc Vallee

I love those films where I feel the director's confidence - where he doesn't need to overdo it with the shots and the cuts.

- Jean-Marc Vallee

I respect the British a lot - their history, their past, their culture. I think it's beautiful, what they have with the monarchy.

- Jean-Marc Vallee

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

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 f…

- Jean-Marc Vallee

There's a way of filming where you can get rid of the vanity and of trying to make something beautiful.

- Jean-Marc Vallee

I look back, and I've got a couple of films, and I'm happy.

- Jean-Marc Vallee

As a director, try to be humble and not to overdo it, not overcoverage and over-covering the scene.

- Jean-Marc Vallee

Just film what's there, trust what came before, one hour before, and make it easy.

- Jean-Marc Vallee