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

Film lovers are sick people.
Francois Truffaut

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

I have always preferred the reflection of the life to life itself.
Francois Truffaut

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

In love, women are professionals, men are amateurs.
Francois Truffaut

Is the cinema more important than life?
Francois Truffaut

Taste is a result of a thousand distastes.
Francois Truffaut

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

The film of tomorrow will be an act of love.
Francois Truffaut


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

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

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