Jean-Jacques Annaud

America is the only country capable of producing national movies: its culture has become a global culture. ↗

— Jean-Jacques Annaud

#become #capable #country #culture #global

British actors behave like Europeans; they are also extremely well trained. ↗

— Jean-Jacques Annaud

#behave #british #british actors #europeans #extremely

I had to choose between American and British actors, and it didn't take me more than a second to decide: Russians are Europeans and should be played by other Europeans. ↗

— Jean-Jacques Annaud

#between #british #british actors #choose #decide

I make movies just as painters paint: I work where I can. ↗

— Jean-Jacques Annaud

#i can #just #make #movies #paint

I think it is a mistake to identify a movie according to its language, as if movies were literature. ↗

— Jean-Jacques Annaud

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If you make a movie about Elizabeth I, how much of the dialogue is her real words? Audiences know when they go see a movie that it is fiction. ↗

— Jean-Jacques Annaud

#audiences #dialogue #elizabeth #elizabeth i #fiction

The art of motion pictures is pictorial and language comes a distant second. ↗

— Jean-Jacques Annaud

#comes #distant #language #motion #motion pictures

The financing of my films has always been international. ↗

— Jean-Jacques Annaud

#been #films #financing #international

The French have got to understand that a film is so expensive that it can no longer afford to be regional or even national in scope. ↗

— Jean-Jacques Annaud

#even #expensive #film #french #got

The world distribution of French movies is a laughing matter. That is a fact. ↗

— Jean-Jacques Annaud

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