Lelouch Quotes & Sayings

People are too pretentious in France to like Sarkozy. But he'd be a fabulous president for America. — Claude Lelouch

If you want to kill someone, you'd better pull off a perfect crime. Our security lies in the fact that that's damnably hard to do. — Claude Lelouch

Hollwood creates useful entertainment. There are millions of people on earth who need distraction and American cinema fulfills that function. — Claude Lelouch

To defeat evil, I must become a greater evil — Lelouch Vi Britannia

A long time ago, Nunally, Suzaku, and I talked about something. We wondered what happiness would look like if we could give it a physical form. If I'm not mistaken, I think it was Suzaku that said that the shape of happiness might resemble glass. His reasoning made sense. He said that even though you don't usually notice it, it's still definitely there. You merely have to change your point of view slightly, and then that glass will sparkle when it reflects the light. I doubt that anything else could argue its own existence more eloquently. — Lelouch Vi Britannia

In this world, evil can arise from the best intentions. And there is good that can come from evil intentions. How then should Lelouch's actions be taken? Every man has his day of judgement, does he not? Geass: He who uses this inhuman power will find his heart isolated; whether he wants it that way or not. Thus he plummets into the abyss that lies good and evil. But if a man can climb out of that abyss and into the light, then that man has the soul of a king. — Ichiro Okouchi

You can't change the world without getting your hands dirty. — Lelouch Vi Britannia

I've seen many films and read lots of thrillers - and I'm always disappointed that I can guess the story before the other viewers. — Claude Lelouch

I sometimes follow people who attract my curiosity in the street for five, ten minutes. — Claude Lelouch

It wasn't me who was wrong, it was the world. — Lelouch Vi Britannia

Appearance is valued too much in our society. — Claude Lelouch

All the hatred in the world is gathered on me, as promised. So, all you have to do is to erase my existence, and put an end to this chain of hatred. The Black Knights will have the legend of Zero left behind for them. Schneizel will work for Zero. And now the world can be unified at one table, not through military force, but through negotiation and talk. Mankind can finally embrace the future. — Lelouch Vi Britannia

If I deliver to you the impossible, then I might have earned your trust. — Lelouch Vi Britannia

The trick of real combat is that everyone is human — Lelouch Vi Britannia

I am sorry, but I cannot be friends with a goddess, because I have signed a contract with a devil. — Lelouch Vi Britannia

The real loser of our times is the one who is expected to win. — Claude Lelouch

The perfect crime is when you push someone to suicide. I once read a study that said everyone in the course of their life has thought of killing someone. — Claude Lelouch

The constant in my films is love stories. I consider love the chief business of humanity. — Claude Lelouch

If strength is justice, then is powerlessness a crime? — Lelouch Vi Britannia

The only ones who kill are those prepared to be killed — Lelouch Vi Britannia

The only ones who should kill, are those who are prepared to be killed. — Lelouch Vi Britannia

Film-making is like spermatozoa: only one in a million makes it. — Claude Lelouch

You have to strike hard from the beginning and create a depressurizing zone between the viewer's own life and the one onscreen. The creators of James Bond got it right: the attention-grabbing scene of each Bond movie is the very first one, before the opening credits. — Claude Lelouch

What do you do when there is an evil you cannot defeat by just means? Do you stain your hands with evil to destroy evil? Or do you remain steadfastly just and righteous even if it means surrendering to evil? — Lelouch Vi Britannia

If the king doesn't move, then his subjects won't follow. — Lelouch Vi Britannia

It's funny: half my films were flops, half did well. It would be terrible if I'd had only success. — Claude Lelouch

I see a film as a puzzle, with a beginning, middle, and end, but I like to start at the end sometimes. — Claude Lelouch

Perhaps this is what I have always wished for since that day. The loss and destruction of all. That's right, one must destroy before creating. In that case, if my conscience becomes a hindrance to me, then I will simply erase it. I have no other choice but to move forward — Lelouch Vi Britannia

Cinema is dominated by stars you like from the get go. — Claude Lelouch

It's all about self-satisfaction, doesn't matter how hard you try, you can't do it, theirs no way you can change the world. — Lelouch Vi Britannia

I decided that one day I had to make a film where the viewer couldn't possibly guess the end. — Claude Lelouch

Shame is very painful to endure. For me it makes perfect sense that the character would kill herself. — Claude Lelouch

Ever since that day, I have lived a lie, the lie of living. — Lelouch Vi Britannia

Each time I hit a low point I learn the most. Failure is the best university. — Claude Lelouch