Francois Truffaut

I am less instinctive as I try to be more professional - about the music, about the sound. ”

The film of tomorrow will not be directed by civil servants of the camera, but by artists for whom shooting a film constitutes a wonderful and thrilling adventure. ”

I've always had the impression that real militants are like cleaning women, doing a thankless, daily but necessary job. ”

I want my audience to be constantly captivated, bewitched, so that it leaves the theatre dazed, stunned to be back on the pavement. ”

To be a film-maker, you are almost forced to be surrounded by contradictions... You must have talents of so many different kinds - talents that are contradictory. ”

Some day I'll make a film that critics will like. When I have money to waste. ”

The film of tomorrow will be an act of love. ”

During the war, I saw many films that made me fall in love with the cinema. ”

In love, women are professionals, men are amateurs. ”

An actor is never so great as when he reminds you of an animal - falling like a cat, lying like a dog, moving like a fox. ”