Louis Malle Professions : Film director Born : October 30, 1932 Died : November 23, 1995 Browse All Authors Top 11 quotes by Louis Malle The longer I live, the less I trust ideas, the more I trust emotions. Louis Malle emotion ideas It is only when memory is filtered through imagination that the films we make will have real depth. Louis Malle real imagination memories You see the world much better through a camera. Louis Malle cameras world Memory is not frozen, it's very much alive, it moves, it changes. Louis Malle frozen memories moving You must find the note, the correct key, for your story. If you find it, everything will work. If you do not, everything will stick out like elbows. Louis Malle elbows keys stories Filmmakers don't work for posterity. We create with celluloid and chemical pigments that don't last very long. They fade away. In 200 years there will be nothing left of our work but dust. Louis Malle dust long years When you are working on a script, the story itself is not difficult. You say this would happen and then this, resulting perhaps in this. And the dialogue you make as true as you can. Louis Malle difficult scripts stories I think predictability has become the rule and I'm completely the opposite -- I like spectators to be disturbed. Louis Malle disturbed opposites thinking Well, Fellini... there is always Fellini. Louis Malle wells If you have someone on the set for the hair, why would you not have someone for the words? Louis Malle screenwriting ifs hair I didn't feel like going any further in this scene with the boy. He was not a professional actor, and if I had pushed the scene any further it would have destroyed the tone of the movie. Louis Malle professional boy feel like Similar Authors Alex Graves film-director Brad Furman film-director Bryan Singer film-director Bruno Dumont film-director Bruce McDonald film-director Bruce Brown film-director All Authors