Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Declined the offer to direct Harry Potter und der Orden des Phönix (2007), citing that most of the creative decisions for the project had already been taken, and he would have had very little to add.

When you are in love with a story, you have to take your time to follow it and to fall in love again one time. You need some time. And I need to be in love with a story because I am going to spend four years of my life inside without pleasure, without seeing anybody, you work 16 hours per day and at the weekend and I need to be in love with each detail.