Michel Hazanavicius Quotes

It's not just dead men who tell no tales. Live ones don't have much to say for themselves, either.

Japan is quite weird because they wait for you to say something before they respond. You can literally hear a pin drop, they don't make a sound until you say something to the crowd.

I'm a little weird that way. I don't really know how to express my happiness.

Silence often expresses 'more powerfully than speech the verdict and judgment of society.

I never responded to teaching.

Men are so willing to respect anything that bores them.

So, Hitchcock wouldn't say anything about my work in the movie but, on the other hand, he wouldn't complain, either.

Nothing is more conducive to peace of mind than not having any opinion at all.

Eccentric behavior is not routinely noticed around a movie set.

To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.

Steve McQueen was the guy who said less, and everything was all behind his words and what he didn't say, and you still felt emotionally connected and rooted behind him.

I'm more of a listener than a talker.

The world outside existed in a kind of darkness; and we inquired about nothing.

Hong Kong film audiences are very quiet. It's their culture.

Men are accomplices to that which leaves them indifferent.

All politics are based on the indifference of the majority.

You say it best, when you say nothing at all.

I'm an instinctive actor. I just see the part and play it. I'm more interested in what isn't said - the silences.

Undoubtedly, to salve your conscience, you have now and then helped some miserable human being, but millions of human beings were murdered and nary a protest was heard.

Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted, the indifference of those who should have known better, the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most, that has made it possible for evil to triumph.

For evil to take place, the acts of a few people are not sufficient; the great majority also has to remain indifferent.

When ignorant folks want to advertise their ignorance, you don’t want to do anything. Just let them talk.

I've never wanted to hear.

So finally, I decided that the best response — the safest — was none at all.

The worst people on earth are not only those who commit evil, but those who stand by and turn a blind eye