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I would define myself as being naive and perverse at the same time. And I think that if that is consistent it will make the tone consistent.

Michel Gondry

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Michel Gondry
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: May 8
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I don't want to compare myself to him - I don't want people to see me as this great genius - but when I see Charlie Chaplin's movies there is a combination of drama, naivety and social meaning that I can see in myself, at a different level.
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I always wanted to create this community that would come and tell their own story, shoot it - and watch them. The idea is to not have one entity who creates the work, the project, and another entity who consumes it the idea is people create their own work, like somebody cultivating his garden.
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Pop music is created by repression - and then the system takes it and makes even more money with it!
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