Philippe Falardeau Quotes & Sayings

“I'm not too keen on jokes that are one-liners. I want the situation to be funny.”

“I think cinema is the memory and the imagination of the country. Take the memory and imagination out of an individual, and he stops being an individual. I think it's the same thing for a country.”

“I studied political science and international relations, so I never considered myself an artist.”

“I work, play and do everything in French.”

“If you're writing a screenplay from scratch, it involves a lot of creation.”

“In Canada, we have so much land, so much space, and so few people.”

“Once you're on the set and shooting, it's all just cinema. You have actors and cameras.”

“The first person to make me realize there was someone behind the film was Steven Spielberg.”

“When you're younger, and you do your first or second film, you want to show everyone what you can do.”

“I studied political science and international relations and had the intention of becoming a journalist or work in foreign affairs. I had no intention of making a film.”