Quotes from Claude Chabrol

I wanted to make a film about stupid people that was very vulgar and deeply stupid. From that moment on I can hardly be reproached for making a film that is about stupid people.

I remember an article, I can't recall who by, it was after the fall of the Berlin Wall, which said that now the Wall was down, there could be no more class war. Only someone with money could ever say such a thing.

I'm not pessimistic about people in general, but only about the way they live.

As far as I was concerned, either I was a homosexual or I wasn't, so making films would change nothing.

I like making black and white films in natural surroundings, but I much prefer shooting a color film inside a studio where the colors are easier to control.

We live in an era where pizzas show up faster than the police.

I am a Communist, certainly, but that doesn't mean I have to make films about the wheat harvest.

Stupidity is infinitely more fascinating that intelligence. Intelligence has its limits while stupidity has none.

There's one thing which I hate about color films... people who use up a lot of their despairing producer's money by working in the laboratory to bring out the dominant hues, or to make color films where there isn't any color.

I'm not wild about hand-held shots.

I brought the film like a flower to the world.

I love mirrors. They let one pass through the surface of things.

Some colors are very difficult to render, and you must compensate to get the color you want on the screen.

Films with a message just make me laugh.

You make a film to distract people, to interest them, perhaps to make them think, perhaps to help them be a little less naive, a little better than they were.

A woman confronting men is a proper subject, it is inexhaustible.

You have to accept the fact that sometimes you are the pigeon, and sometimes you are the statue.

It's often wrong to write for specific actors because one ends up using what is least interesting about them, their mannerisms and habits. I prefer not to write for specific people.

There is no new wave, only the sea.

I love mirrors. They let one pass through the surface of things.

As far as I was concerned, either I was a homosexual or I wasn't, so making films would change nothing.

Laying tracks gives you freedom without being too obvious.

Stupidity is infinitely more fascinating that intelligence. Intelligence has its limits while stupidity has none.

I remember an article, I can't recall who by, it was after the fall of the Berlin Wall, which said that now the Wall was down, there could be no more class war. Only someone with money could ever say such a thing.