40 Quotes by Claude Chabrol

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.

My father wanted me to be a pharmacist like himself. He had been a doctor, but he no longer believed in medicine; so he became a pharmacist, but he believed in that hardly more.

To observe a profoundly stupid individual can be very enriching, and that's why we should never feel contempt for them.

Films with a message just make me laugh.

Laying tracks gives you freedom without being too obvious.

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.

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

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

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