Marcel Carne

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

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

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

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

“But I still always felt the absence of a mother.”

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