When Picasso painted in Paris, was he a Spanish or a French painter? It does not matter, he was Picasso, whatever the influences surrounding him. He simply chose Paris because it was the ideal place for him to sell his creation.
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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
My way of remaining French was the financing scheme I used for Quest for Fire, with Fox funds, since it started as a 100% American production. The film was not in French and yet was French in style, reflecting my personality.
Jean-Jacques Annaud
When a French book becomes an international hit it is because of the author and not because of the language. The same goes for movies.
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British actors behave like Europeans; they are also extremely well trained.
Jean-Jacques Annaud
Today's cinema is a global art form, it is impossible to make movies for a market the size of France, representing no more than 4% of the world's total.
Jean-Jacques Annaud
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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