Alexandre Desplat Quotes

The creative process for a musician is very different than for a filmmaker. I have an idea, and I can pretty much execute it.

The thing is, as a film director, you're essentially alone: You have to tell a story primarily through pictures, and only you know the film you see in your head.

As a filmmaker, I make the films that I love, that are in my heart. That's what I care about.

I prefer directing to acting. There is huge freedom that comes from being behind the camera. It brings a lot of responsibilities as well, but is intensely rewarding. Particularly the chance to help draw out the best in young actors.

One longs for a director with a sense of imagination.

I knew exactly how I wanted it to play, but you are never sure until you watch the projected images reflect off the screen. That's when you know it worked.

I wanted to write and direct movies and not be forced to adapt them from a bestselling book.

A screenplay is really an instruction manual, and it can be interpreted in any number of ways. The casting, the choice of location, the costumes and make-up, the actors' reading of a line or emphasis of a word, the choice of lens and the pace of the cutting - these are all part of the translation.

All the director wants is their idea of the movie to be believed in.

But actually I make films that I think are extremely sophisticated and cinematic.

I mean, Scorsese's a genius, and that's one way of shooting.

I like to make movies I like to watch.

Directing is creating a whole. You're able to combine different elements and create a film that is unique and true to your vision.

When I make a movie, I have both a specific and vague, amorphous dream idea of what the movie is going to be. Of course, I don't actually know what it's going to be, but I'm still striving to get to some place with it.

Making a movie and not directing the little moments is like drinking a soda and leaving the little slurp puddle for someone else.

You either are a good director or you're not.

What I like most about directing is creating a world more so than anything. To me, the music is the wrapping paper on that world.

I think films are bigger than structure.

I don't approach films purely in context of genre.

I think every movie is its own little world, and a director certainly sets the tone.

All these directors, and I would include the Coen brothers and Quentin, have a very unique vision of what they want. They listen to ideas and make people feel like everyone is making the film.

As a director, I love being able to really be a contributing factor to the overall vision of a project.

I want to direct one day. I want to write my own thing and really be behind the scenes because you have more creative control.

When you create a movie, you create something in your image.

Great art direction is NOT the same thing as great film direction!