JR
JR
NationalityFrench
ProfessionArtist
Date of Birth22 February 1983
CountryFrance
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I've led a charmed life. I've known people who have been depressed, and I've never had that.
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My father also encouraged my love of nature. He urged me to become a Cub Scout, and later a Boy Scout, and I found I really liked being outdoors.
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People don't want to give up their SUVs. They don't want to turn the thermostat down in the winter and up in the summer.
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It is very lonely sometimes, trying to play God.
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Food was a labor of love you felt by cooking it and eating it.
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I realized that food was actually a metaphor for bringing us all together. It's about us communicating and being like family.
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There was a group of six women in my household. My mom, aunts and grandma. I watched them in the kitchen.
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These guys at Fox knew that as a filmmaker, I could always tell different types of stories and each can emotionally connect to a universal audience.
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Filmmakers are always in a bubble; along with our crew or writer, we don't really get to socialize with other filmmakers, so the great thing about Sundance is you can see many other filmmakers doing the same thing you do.
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I love telling stories from a kid's point of view because they don't really see all the obstacles in front of them. They're resilient, and sometimes adults can steal that from them.
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In my mid-20s, I was directing episodes of 'Alfred Hitchcock' and 'Peter Gunn.' I was pretty much on course and - as I sometimes joke - was prepared to devote my life to become the second best film director in my family.
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I really fight hard to make things film where they're supposed to be filmed. If something is supposed to be in New York, then it has to be in New York.
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When I was a kid, everybody loved Hulk Hogan, right? 'Eat your vitamins. Eat your vegetables.' Everybody over 25 hated him because he was corny, right?
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My main hobby is working. I love what I do.