Melanie Laurent Quotes

I love actors. That's my bread and butter, and I got to work with some amazing ones on '12 Years'.

I've become friends with Michael Mann and Oliver Stone; I've seen those guys work and that was great to see.

Honestly, I really, really love making movies. It's so much fun, and I love losing myself in the moment and just being there with other actors. When you're truly in the moment and you're feeding each other, it's such an exciting thing to be a part of.

The idea of working with David Fincher or Paul Thomas Anderson or Wes Anderson or Scorsese or Spielberg or any of the guys I really idolize is a dream for me.

I really want to work in a movie with Quentin Tarantino. I think he makes fantastic movies. I love people that create a different reality for the actors to live in.

Quentin Tarantino is a genius. I want to do every single film with him.

I love so many directors. I love David O. Russell. I love David Fincher, I love Alexander Payne and Jane Campion and my aunt. Spike Jonze. There are just so many amazing directors.

I became producer so that I could work with persons like him and to rock the world of Hong Kong Cinema a bit.

Facts are, directors are not thinking of me; they think I only act in my films, because they're stupid. Or they think I'm a control freak, that I will try to, I don't know, pimp their scripts and just change everything, which I will never do.

Writing studio movies is the best job in the world... it's awesome.

Going forward, I would love to work with directors like Rian Johnson and Joss Whedon; people like that who are doing big films but do have really independent voices. That's kind of what I want to focus on, is always working with people with at least an independent point of view, even if it's not an independent film.

When I first landed at Pixar, I felt like I found this creative oasis with John Lasseter... It's what you thought Hollywood was going to be.

When I saw 'Jurassic Park' as a kid, that was the first time I thought about making movies for a living.

When you have the chance to work with Wes Anderson, with Stephen Frears and Chris Weitz and Roman Polanski and Terrance Malick you don't say no.

I love being part of the movie-making process. There is magic. There is an element of mystery and unpredictability.

Making movies is controlled anarchy, chaos.

I like to produce my own movies.

I have always admired Meghna Gulzar's work, and getting to work with her and the Dharma Productions is like a dream come true.

You can say that I have always dreamed big. As an actor you want the world to see your work and my dream was to make movies.

I have always wanted to work with Rajshri Productions.

There are so many great directors and actors, like Dibakar Banerjee, Zoya Akhtar, Rakeysh Ompraskash Mehra, Vishal Bhardwaj, Anurag Basu - the list is very long. I hope at some point I get to work with them.

Making movies is great. It was like love at first sight; a whole new, different business. I can see why actors love it so much.

I would love to work with anybody who has a good story to tell - Patrick Graham, Vikramaditya Motwane, Anurag Kashyap, Neeraj Ghaywan, Coen Brothers, Wes Anderson. I don't know why I was not considered for that Indian guy's part in 'The Grand Budapest Hotel.'

It's so crazy to work with Ryan Murphy and then work in the David Fincher world with Robin Wright.

Karan Johar is absolutely an amazing director. I dream to work with Karan.