Airing one's dirty linen never makes for a masterpiece. Francois Truffaut More Quotes by Francois Truffaut More Quotes From Francois Truffaut Three films a day, three books a week and records of great music would be enough to make me happy to the day I die. Francois Truffaut recordsthreebook 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. Francois Truffaut falling-in-lovedoglying There are no good and bad movies, only good and bad directors Francois Truffaut auteur-theorygood-and-baddirectors I demand that a film express either the joy of making cinema or the agony of making cinema. I am not at all interested in anything in between. Francois Truffaut agonycinemajoy When I begin a film, I want to make a great film. Halfway through, I just hope to finish the film. Francois Truffaut great-filmfilmwant But the cinephile is … a neurotic! (That’s not a pejorative term.) The Bronte sisters were neurotic, and it’s because they were neurotic that they read all those books and became writers. The famous French advertising slogan that says, “When you love life, you go to the movies,” it’s false! It’s exactly the opposite: when you don’t love life, or when life doesn’t give you satisfaction, you go to the movies. Francois Truffaut love-lifeoppositesbook In love, women are professionals, men are amateurs. Francois Truffaut funny-lovewomenfunny The most beautiful thing I have ever seen in a movie theatre is to go down to the front and turn around, and look at all the uplifted faces, the light from the screen reflected upon them. Francois Truffaut theatrelightbeautiful Taste is a result of a thousand distastes. Francois Truffaut resultsthousandtaste 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. Francois Truffaut hippieadventuretravel Film lovers are sick people. Francois Truffaut sickloverspeople I have always preferred the reflection of the life to life itself. Francois Truffaut reflectingreflection Some day I'll make a film that critics will like. When I have money to waste. Francois Truffaut wastecriticsfilm The man who thinks he can do without the world is indeed mistaken; but the man who thinks the world cannot do without him is mistaken even worse. Francois Truffaut politicalmenthinking 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. Francois Truffaut humorwonderfulfunny Life has more imagination than we do. Francois Truffaut imagination I love the way she projects two facets: a visible persona and a subterranean one. She keeps her thoughts to herself; she seems to suggest that her secret, inner life is at least as significant as the appearance she gives. Francois Truffaut secretgivingtwo I am often asked at what point in my love affair with films I began to want to be a director or a critic. Truthfully, I don't know. All I know is that I wanted to get closer and closer to films. Francois Truffaut filmwantdirectors Is the cinema more important than life? Francois Truffaut cinemaimportant Hitchcock loves to be misunderstood, because he has based his whole life around misunderstandings. Francois Truffaut hitchcockwhole-lifemisunderstood
