Jean-Marc Vallee Quotes

I want to do content-oriented plus commercial films.

What I would do is a 10-minute short of some kind on video, and if it's good enough, you get it passed around town and just get some attention, so then they'll read what you have.

I wouldn't want to direct - I think that's a very different job. You have to be a very specific type of person to do that.

As soon as you make some films that people like, you'll be sent material, and that can come from anywhere.

I produced and starred in 'Wake the Riderless Horse,' a short film that my buddy wrote and directed.

I'm happiest when I'm discussing a script and working with interesting people.

It's great, getting the scripts and working with somebody like Sam Esmail, who is such a great leader.

I really just want to work with good directors and learn as much as I possibly can.

I prefer directing to producing as it is far more satisfying.

I want to work with amazing filmmakers and tell important stories, and if I have to audition to do that, I will.

I feel lucky to be able to work with such great filmmakers on such wonderful stories.

I experienced a lot of things while I was working with Dibakar Banerjee.

Actors betray. Technicians don't. Movies are made by technicians.

As a producer, it's your job to bang on the table and convince studio heads why great movies should be made.

Filmmaking is never easy as long as you continue learning from the process.

I usually just do, like, studio jobs, re-writes and stuff.

I really want to do a film with my uncle and my cousins. I'm sure it will be really interesting to work with them.

My brother advises me on what kind of films to do, which directors to work with and which scripts have potential.

Yup, I'm not good at selling myself, my PR skills are atrocious.

In the film industry, we work more on the basis of good faith and verbal commitments rather than legalities.

I'm a writer-director originally from Rhode Island, now living in Los Angeles. I've spent the past eleven years working with a writing partner, Joni Lefkowitz, and am now making the transition into feature directing thanks to this script we wrote together and our incredible producer Jordana Mollick.

So, yes, I wrote a script called 'Ben Is Back' that I got to make with a bunch of remarkable artists and craftspeople.

I learned that you have to say that you're a filmmaker. You're not a screenwriter; you're not a director for hire. You've got to take charge. You're a filmmaker, and you're going to make a film.

I am very happy to be working with so many talented directors and writers, who are penning scripts that are interesting for me.

There are some movies you do for the character; there are some movies you do for the people.