Xavier Dolan Quotes

I think anything is possible to anyone who dreams, dares, works and never gives up.

I have the impression that every time I'm heartbroken, I leave a bit of myself behind. I am the believer. I go back and do the same mistakes over and over again and sign them proudly.

A movie that is unable to elicit emotion isn't a movie.

I love women in my heart but not in my undies.

I think that when you're in love, you progressively go back to who you are.

I don't belong to any school or clique or ghetto. I don't have any preconceived ideas. I'm trying to serve a story and not a genre or a style.

I was a very violent kid. I think movies and writing and art have been a way of channeling this. But I have will to defend people - it can be all sorts of people.

When I write a film, I have already made the trailer

I'm sick of people imposing cultural references and influences on me, but I'm not sick of people talking about my age.

I'd like to do something meaningful in the smallest ways, not just words or idiotic writing.

I don't master my craft or my style enough to have any philosophy or dogma to which I feel I belong.

As a director you want to have actors, not only surpassing themselves, but also going somewhere, going different places.

I'd rather be referred to as a precocious young Quebec talent, than not be referred to at all.

I'd love to perform with other actors and act with actors, true actors. I would like to be in a movie and have full room for acting.

I'd like to be taken in charge of as an actor, not to be abandoned with asinine dialogue and meaningless actions or stereotyped characters. I'd like to feel like I'm in a character driven story.

I design all of the costumes for my movies, actually.

All my life, I heard, 'Stop daydreaming, ' 'Get over yourself, ' 'You'll never get there, ' 'Aim lower, ' 'You'll hurt yourself, ' from teachers, family, and friends.

'Titanic' made me want to tell stories... To have all these characters and costumes and have ambition and think big and have dreams... It came at a very troubled period of my life.