Francois Truffaut Quotes

I had grown up loving movies and had always wanted to write them.

I liked writing, and I loved movies, obsessively loved movies, but I had never made the leap of thinking I would actually come out here and write stuff.

I wrote a script and I've been whispering in director's ears for a really long time and I'd love to direct.

The first film I directed (Explicit Ills), I did when I was like 27 years old. I had been an actor for a certain amount of time, and then I was like, "I want to start directing."

I make films for myself, first and foremost, just because it is such a personal experience, and it's something I really have to want to do and feel connected to.

A lot of people don't know the passion I have for Asian American cinema.

I love what many of my contemporaries are doing, especially people like Terry Gilliam, David Cronenberg, P. T. Anderson, and Alfonso Cuaron.

For me, every film is an interesting experience.

I'd like to do a hundred different films.

I love film criticism as an art. I think it's a very important thing.

I'm a huge film buff. If it wasn't for Martin Scorcese, Shyam Benegal and Govind Nihalani, I wouldn't be here.

Sometimes I think I don't do anything but make, watch, and talk about films.

I actually didn't really start to get into the research of film until I was much older. I decided I wanted to direct a lot earlier than I started to do the research, which is really strange, but it is the case.

While I feel it's important for films to examine our society, I don't particularly like watching the films that do it.

I wanted to direct long before I'd even written a screenplay.

Pauline Kael had seen Nashville, and she loved Nashville. When I called her, she immediately responded to me because we had become friends, and I told her how great this film was, and she told me, "Well, I'll have to see it for myself." So I showed it to her, and she flipped.

When I was in New York I heard many people saying that the independent film industry was in big trouble. I was reflecting on this when I came home. Realizing that ever since I started filmmaking, people have being saying that. But somehow it keeps going. Filmmakers keep going. We need stories to make sense of the world and some people like me are driven to tell them. I have faith this will always be possible.

I always wanted to direct. I always saw myself as a director.

I've documented a lot of things myself as a filmmaker. If you want a rockumentary, that's in there.

I never desired to really go to Hollywood and make films, and purely because I want my entire control, which I'm used to having.

There are films that I don't like, and then someone will come up to me and say it's their favorite movie. The movies belong to the people. You make them and you put them out. For me, I love the process of making films. For me, my favorite film is always my next one.

I want to make big films. That's always been my ambition.

People ask me, "Why do you love making films?" and I always say, "Because I love film." I hope that I can call myself a movie buff.

I'm extremely grateful that I discovered my passion. I love movies. I love to watch them, I love to make them.

There's a bunch of directors that I really admire, and Australian ones as well. It would be nice to do a film at home.