Francois Truffaut Quotes

French - Director | February 6, 1932 - October 21, 1984

Hitchcock loves to be misunderstood, because he has based his whole life around misunderstandings.

Francois Truffaut

LifeMisunderstoodBecauseWholeHe

The film of tomorrow will resemble the person who made it, and the number of spectators will be proportional to the number of friends the director has.

Francois Truffaut

TomorrowFriendsPersonWillFilm

The film of tomorrow appears to me as even more personal than an individual and autobiographical novel, like a confession, or a diary.

Francois Truffaut

TomorrowMePersonalMoreDiary

In love, women are professionals, men are amateurs.

Francois Truffaut

LoveWomenMenWomen Are

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

Francois Truffaut

WomenDailyJobDoingCleaningReal

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

FunnySuccessTimeHumorSameJust

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

Francois Truffaut

MoneyDayWillCriticsFilmWaste

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

Francois Truffaut

LoveWarMeFallCinemaSaw

At first, I wasn't sure whether I'd be a critic or a filmmaker, but I knew it would be something like that.

Francois Truffaut

FirstCriticSomethingSureWould

I had thought of writing, actually, and that later on I'd be a novelist.

Francois Truffaut

WritingThoughtLaterActuallyHad

I'd skip school regularly to see movies - even in the morning, in the small Parisian theaters that opened early.

Francois Truffaut

MorningSchoolSmallEarlyMovies

I prefer to be busy all day long, and when you work for someone else, you're not busy enough.

Francois Truffaut

WorkDayBusySomeoneEnoughYou

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