I'm not sure that people want to go back to the womb. People want to go back to the teats of your mother and hear your mother's heartbeat.
Gaspar NoeEverybody wants to lie to himself, pretending that there's something else besides only the normal life you're living in.
Gaspar NoeWhen you see a movie, it's like you're attending a show of magic in which the magician pulls a rabbit out of a hat. You don't know how he did it, but a part of you is fascinated, or hypnotized, by what happened, another part of your brain says, "Oh, I want to do the same thing! I want to be that wielder of that magic. I want to be that magician on stage, and do the same thing to other people."
Gaspar NoeSometimes you have the chance to do one movie, make it the best you can, put everything in it.
Gaspar NoeYou feel touched by a movie in a good or bad way or you have a strong reaction to something that's totally artificial, to an imitation of life. But that imitation of life that you see on the screen can affect you almost as if it was real.
Gaspar NoeFrom a simple, mammal perspective, you think you're going to make friends through the movie. You think, "Oh, this kind of humor that I play with will bring people that have a similar kind of humor. I'll make new friends," or something. You don't even think in terms of audience or of money.
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