Jean-Marc Vallee Quotes

The Centre is very important to me; it's about trust - about truth.

And I mean I never doubt anybody's record.

All you have to do is just believe in what's there; then, the audience will, too.

A German is someone who cannot tell a lie without believing it himself.

Trust the tale, not the teller.

Because no matter what you say in life, the truth will always be the truth. You know when someone is telling the truth, you look in the eyes. I have a tendency to believe people.

You want to believe in leaders, really believe in leaders. You want what they are saying to be truthful, and you want to trust them.

It matters if people believe you or not.

People can smell a fake.

People have confidence in me.

No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.

Trust the material; trust the story that you're telling.

I've always operated under the notion that audiences don't always know when they're being lied to, but that they always know when they're being told the truth.

You cannot tell an audience a lie. They know it before you do; before it's out of your mouth, they know it's a lie.

The chief lesson I have learned in a long life is that the only way you can make a man trustworthy is to trust him; and the surest way to make him untrustworthy is to distrust him.

The third time you say a thing it sounds like a lie.

Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist.

If you want to be thought a liar, always tell the truth.

For me, the greatest fault would be to tell somebody something I'm not.

I'm not a liar.

Sincerity: if you can fake it, you've got it made.

People often think I'm a faker, but I'm usually honest, in a certain way - in such a way that often nobody believes me!

Trust is everything. If I didn't have trust, there would be no downloads, no show, and no business.

Oh, I can spot a phoney a mile away.

It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place.