Marcel Carne Quotes

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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