I think we're entering a new period of filmmaking that's analogous to switching from black-and-white to color, or from silent to sound. The medium is completely flexible, and it's not bound by anything. If you imagine something, you can do it.
Jean-Pierre JeunetI thought all I had to do was to buy a camera and become a film director. So when I left school I worked at a telephone company, which gave me the money to buy the basic equipment including the camera, the projector and the screen.
Jean-Pierre JeunetIf you make the right choice in casting, your work is nearly done already. You don't have to spend a lot of time directing the actors, because they're so well suited to the parts.
Jean-Pierre JeunetI'm very slow, and I do everything myself. I remember I spent three days to change the size of something I had sketched because I felt it was too small.
Jean-Pierre Jeunet