60 Quotes by Francois Truffaut

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

The film of tomorrow will be an act of love.

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

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.

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

I have always preferred the reflect of the life to life itself.

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

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

I warmly recommend to you the films of poets.