Jean Renoir Quotes & Sayings

The saving grace of the cinema is that with patience, and a little love, we may arrive at that wonderfully complex creature which is called man. — Jean Renoir

A director makes only one movie in his life. Then he breaks it up and makes it again. — Jean Renoir

All great art is abstract. — Jean Renoir

When a friend speaks to me, whatever he says is interesting. — Jean Renoir

I am against great themes and great subjects ... You can't film an idea. The camera is an instrument for recording physical impact. — Jean Renoir

Wilshire Boulevard ... It has no smell to it. — Jean Renoir

There is no realism in American films. No realism, but something much better, great truth. — Jean Renoir

The really terrible thing is that everyone has his reasons. — Jean Renoir

Curiously enough, Sanson's assistant disapproved of Dr Guillotin's invention. it had ruined the profession by making it too easy. facility always opens the doors to amateurs. In olden times, in order to cut off a head with the axe, one needed some training in the profession, not to mention a few natural gifts such as a sharp eye and a steady hand. But what merit is there in manipulating a machine which does the whole job for you? — Jean Renoir

The real hell of life is that everyone has his reasons. — Jean Renoir

Is it possible to succeed without any act of betrayal? — Jean Renoir

The truly terrible thing is that everybody has their reasons. — Jean Renoir

All technical refinements discourage me. Perfect photography, larger screens, hi-fi sound, all make it possible for mediocrities slavishly to reproduce nature; and this reproduction bores me. What interests me is the interpretation of life by an artist. The personality of the film maker interests me more than the copy of an object. — Jean Renoir

Nature is millions of things. And there are millions of ways of understanding its preoccupations. — Jean Renoir

Everyone has his reasons. — Jean Renoir

I believe that perfection handicaps cinema. — Jean Renoir

The real hell of life is everyone has his reasons. — Jean Renoir

I considered that the world, and especially the cinema, was burdened with false gods. My task was to overthrow them. Sword in hand, I was ready to consecrate my life to the task. But the false gods are still there. My perseverance during a half-century of cinema has perhaps helped to topple a few of them. It has likewise helped me to discover that some of the gods were real, and had no need to be toppled. — Jean Renoir

A film director is not a creator, but a midwife. His business is to deliver the actor of a child that he did not know he had inside him. — Jean Renoir

The truly terrible thing is, everyone has his reasons — Jean Renoir

The awful thing about life is this: everyone has their reasons. — Jean Renoir

Everyone has his reasons." Octave (Jean Renoir) in "The Rules of the Game. — Jean Renoir

The only things that are important in life are the things you remember. — Jean Renoir

You see, in this world, there is one awful thing, and that is that everyone has his reasons. — Jean Renoir

The foundation of all civilization is loitering. — Jean Renoir