Alain Resnais Quotes

I became a film director, but I wasn't successful with my first couple of films, so I had to turn to becoming a film critic to make a living.

I knew I'd have to go to work in real estate or something else or I could never finish my novel.

I like to work. I enjoy once a year, doing a film.

There may be the kinds of things that you may find interesting, but then there's also the practical reality of needing to make a living and this is what you have to choose from.

I can make a better living as an actor than I can as a director. Though I certainly would prefer to be directing movies.

I feel like I came to acting late in a way. I was about 26 or 27, and it was imperative that I make a living right away, and it's hard to make a living on stage, so I started in television and film.

I went into acting because I had to make a good living. I had a child now and I had to support him any way I could... I wasn't happy, but I wasn't unhappy. I was just doing what I had to do to survive.

Everybody has to sell out at some point to make a living.

We have to make a living and you can't do that playing bluegrass.

I didn't draw Angelina to be famous; I did it simply because I've always had to earn a living.

I chose photography over writing. I had to make a living.

Music is what I must do, business is what I need to do and politics is what I have to do.

Modeling is not a passion of mine. I have been having fun with it, but it's just to pay the bills.

I don't direct movies for a living.

But I love filmmaking - I'm not ashamed of that. You're sort of vilified if you say that in England.

In a weird way, when I was looking back, I didn't know I was going to be a director until I was.

There was no drive because I wanted to become a great designer... I had two small children and a mother, and we all had to eat. That's the drive I had.

Doing films in Latin America is like an act of faith. I mean, you really have to believe in what you're doing because if not, you feel like it's a waste of time because you might as well be doing something that at least pays you the rent.

I wanted to become an engineer, or get a masters in business. But I had the opportunity to do films when I was about 25 and it was a great way to express myself.

I didn't dream about being a director. I didn't know I wanted to do something with film until the summer between my sophomore and junior years at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia.

I'm expressing myself by acting. I'm learning about myself and making a living. I hope to do much more of it, so I can contribute my share to the world.

Choose a field that will supply sufficient remuneration to provide adequately for your companion and your children. I bear testimony that these criteria are very important in choosing your life's work.

There was always a part of me that wanted to be an old-time director. But I couldn't do that. I'm not a pro.

Acting wasn't some long-held dream, and it still isn't, really. I'm just trying to make some money and pay the bills.

I don't want to say I'm never going to direct again, but directing's hard work.