Jean Dujardin Quotes

I can't speak American dog very well. There was a lot of improvisation with Uggie - like when I put the dog on the table or sometimes I follow him, sometimes he follows me. I had a lot of treats in my pocket. We worked with Omar Von Muller, the dog trainer. It was very easy because it was a big movie.

'Lassie' was amazing. I didn't have any scenes with humans. There's a couple little bits, here or there, but mainly just me and my horse and a couple of dogs in the Isle of Man.

Cats aren't cooperative in the same way that other animals are. You can train a dog to act, but you can't train a cat in the same way.

Bart The Bear was fantastic to work with. Absolutely brilliant and so, so good. The things that that bear could do to order! He was one of the best actors I've ever worked with.

I'm impressed with how professional they are and what they can get an animal to do. I mean, dogs and cats - that's one thing. But when you get into the larger animals, that's a different thing all together.

The dog won't bite if you beat Him with a bone

The dog actors and the relationship they have with their trainers is one of the most beautiful things I've ever watched happen in front of me.

I hope we don't get to the point where we have to have the cat stop chasing the mouse to teach him glassblowing and basket weaving.

No dog is too much for me to handle. I rehabilitate dogs, I train people. I am the dog whisperer.

We have Beast, our Hungarian sheep dog. And he is so talented. He's so smart. He knows his daily schedule. He has an extracurricular activity. He goes herding. He herds sheep. And we've been told that he's quite gifted.

People teach their dogs to sit; it's a trick. I've been sitting my whole life, and a dog has never looked at me as though he thought I was tricky.

People say I train dogs, but in many ways I train people.

The male is a domestic animal which, if treated with firmness and kindness, can be trained to do most things.

People - and dogs - are dying to be trained.

Working with animals is always going to be tough because the animal doesn't know it's an actor.

All training is negotiation, whether you're training dogs or spouses.

Working with animals forces an actor to work harder because you have to be quick when it comes to improvisation, and you can't break character - at all.

It is hard to get animals which normally pay little attention to each other to do things together. One can teach dolphins to jump simultaneously out of the water precisely because they show similar behavior spontaneously, but try to make two domestic cats jump together and you will fail.

Oh, the cat I worked with on 'Game of Thrones' was so badly behaved! It would never do anything it was supposed to do. I was like, 'Get your game together, cat. You're so bad.'

Fleas can be taught nearly anything that a Congressman can.

Cats are smarter than dogs. You can't get eight cats to pull a sled through snow.

It's just extremely difficult to shoot with five dogs. They're great, and the people who handle them are amazing. But they're animals.

I think I'm good at training dogs, but none of my dogs agree with me on that.

It is the job of the dog trainer to summon the dog's genetics, not to impose man's will over dog's.

If you get a dog that goes out there and bumps the sheep, comes on too hard, the sheep don't trust him.