If you don't deal with your shadows, you are condemned to repeat the same mistake over and over, as a human being or as a society. - Denis Villeneuve 1 Share Now -
I'm someone who thinks that the world would be a better place if there was a big middle class. I mean, middle class is peace. In a perfect world, everybody would have enough to eat and we'd be living in security. It's obvious. I'm very happy to pay my taxes and all that. I would say I'm more of a Social Democrat. - Denis Villeneuve 2 Share Now -
I'm very sensitive about the fact that there's not a lot of good work for women in cinema that also deals with strong characters. But 'strong character' doesn't mean 'masculine character' - but something that finds the strength in femininity and the beauty in femininity. And something that says you can find femininity in men in some way. - Denis Villeneuve 4 Share Now -
Cinema is an art form that is designed to go across borders. And as a filmmaker, the only way I can direct a movie is when I feel close to my culture. - Denis Villeneuve 5 Share Now -
If I wanted to have total control and be a dictator, I would do ice sculpture in my basement. If I want to make a movie, I'm going to work with 500 people, and I will have to work with their strength and their weakness. - Denis Villeneuve 6 Share Now -
I'm a very slow screenwriter. It takes time for me to write a screenplay. Also, I feel it's not my strength. - Denis Villeneuve 8 Share Now -
'Close Encounters of the Third Kind.' Big, big, big smash for me. My birth of the love of cinema was born with 'Close Encounters' and '2001.' Those sci-fi movies I saw when I was a little kid. - Denis Villeneuve 9 Share Now -
'2001: A Space Odyssey' is a movie that really impressed me as a teenager. And also 'Blade Runner.' And 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' is also one of my favorites. I'm always looking for sci-fi material, and it's difficult to find original and strong material that's not just about weaponry. - Denis Villeneuve 10 Share Now -
