What switched me to films was the flood of American pictures into Paris after the Liberation.

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.

Is the cinema more important than life?

We often forgive those who bore us, but never those whom we bore.

All film directors, whether famous or obscure, regard themselves as misunderstood or underrated. Because of that, they all lie. They're obliged to overstate their own importance.

When humor can be made to alternate with melancholy, one has a success, but when the same things are funny and melancholic at the same time, it's just wonderful.

There are no good and bad movies, only good and bad directors