Marcel Carne Quotations

Let's say the film isn't all that great, I'm not sure whether the public will be indulgent toward it or whether they'll bury the nail.

The problem is that to be a producer, one must be a gambler, and the greatest French producers were gamblers.

When I last went to Italy, over two years ago, I had a lot more trouble understanding the language than I used to when I lived there for a year. I used to speak very little but I could understand very well.

It's nice to know that people appreciate and respect you.

My father's sister never married in order to raise me.

But I still always felt the absence of a mother.

A lot of people are upset that I'm not working. They say it's a disgrace.

I was very nervous at the beginning of Hotel du Nord.

For people to understand me when I travel, I speak with my hands.

I don't know what they'll say when I die. I don't give a damn, but they'll probably cry.

I think you never forget your childhood, whether it was happy or unhappy.

I also won one from the emperor of Japan, with a prize for the arts. That's important.

Well, you know, I'm much older than I look.

Well, I always run the risk of falling on my face, which has in fact happened.

If you do two versions of a film, they should be identical. With the same frames and settings.