“Facts are, directors are not thinking of me; they think I only act in ...” — Xavier Dolan Quote

“Facts are, directors are not thinking of me; they think I only act in my films, because they're stupid. Or they think I'm a control freak, that I will try to, I don't know, pimp their scripts and just change everything, which I will never do.”

“It's important to see how people see your work and how they feel about it. I know a lot of directors who are like, 'I never read reviews,' and I'm like, 'Yeah I can tell.'”

“'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.”

“I like directing myself; I feel like it's one less person to give notes to. There's an efficiency in it. I'm also kind of a control freak. So I like the fact that it gives me more control in the overall picture.”

“Me and my sisters actually like the term 'control freak,' because that's what we are when it comes to our music. We've always been that way.”

“I am a control freak. I want everything to be prim and proper.”