Francois Arnaud Quotes

I care about all the characters I play, and I get quite defensive about them.

I don't think you're weak," Jared said. "I want to guard you because you are important to me. Because you are - God, this is going to sound so stupid, I can never think of a way to say it - you are precious. I can never think of how to describe the value you have to me, because all the words for value suggest that you belong to me, and you don't.

I am so picky about what films I get myself into because it's such an explosion of energy and commitment once you get in there, you destroy your life until you deliver these films. I never want to be in the position of making films that won't be a great use of 90 minutes of someone's life.

You put a lot of yourself into a character, so even though he's not you, in a sense it is you.

I always felt the play came first. If it didn't touch me, I'd say forget the part.

There is a lot of myself in every character that I play.

There is nothing more useless than an album that you don't feel strongly about, out in the world.

Dance means so much to me. It's always been such a huge part of my life.

I think acting is an important profession, because acting can give you pleasure and can teach you at the same time, and that is a good thing.

Acting's difficult for me because I think you have to be passionately involved in what you're doing.

High school isn't a very important place. When you're going you think it's a big deal, but when it's over nobody really thinks it was great unless they're beered up.

The key thing is managed awareness of your role in the world and history. Think too much and you know you are nothing. Think just enough and you know you are small, but important to some. That's the best you can do.

Sometimes, you really don't understand why something is important to you until you get halfway through the movie - or maybe even all the way through.

It's probably not an accident that the films that I care about happen to be about issues that matter to me, stories that I want to tell. If you're going to spend two years of your life on something it has to matter to you, you have to be passionate about it.

I think the reality is important anyway.

People do more for you when you make them feel important.

Whatever you get paid attention for is never what you think is most important about yourself.

I think the work is always going to be much better when it's important and personal to you.

A story is based on what people think is important, so when we live a story, we are telling people around us what we think is important.

We're all part of movie and we're all incredibly and equally important but it is your actor's job to perform and to deliver.

I think there's often a negative associated with being passionate or geeky about entertainment, but for me, entertainment has always been a greater, psychological escape, so I think it's unfortunate when others don't appreciate the depth of passion entertainment offers.

When you're talking about the thing that is most important to someone, they're liable to feel something strong.

You're beautiful, but you're empty...One couldn't die for you. Of course, an ordinary passerby would think my rose looked just like you. But my rose, all on her own, is more important than all of you together, since she's the one I've watered. Since she's the one I put under glass, since she's the one I sheltered behind the screen. Since she's the one for whom I killed the caterpillars (except the two or three butterflies). Since she's the one I listened to when she complained, or when she boasted, or even sometimes when she said nothing at all. Since she's my rose.

I think that if you're doing something that's important, that's significant in your life, it takes some of the pain away.

Don't think for one minute, whoever you are, that you're not important. You're so vitally important to stand up and be heard and do what it is you do.