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My father wanted me to be a pharmacist like himself. He had been a doctor, but he no longer believed in medicine; so he became a pharmacist, but he believed in that hardly more.
Claude Chabrol
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I wanted to make a film about stupid people that was very vulgar and deeply stupid. From that moment on I can hardly be reproached for making a film that is about stupid people.
Claude Chabrol
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I'm not pessimistic about people in general, but only about the way they live.
Claude Chabrol
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I like making black and white films in natural surroundings, but I much prefer shooting a color film inside a studio where the colors are easier to control.
Claude Chabrol
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A woman confronting men is a proper subject, it is inexhaustible.
Claude Chabrol
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As far as I was concerned, either I was a homosexual or I wasn't, so making films would change nothing.
Claude Chabrol
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First I went to the Sorbonne to do my licence en lettres, but I also started to study law.
Claude Chabrol
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I remember an article, I can't recall who by, it was after the fall of the Berlin Wall, which said that now the Wall was down, there could be no more class war. Only someone with money could ever say such a thing.
Claude Chabrol
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I love mirrors. They let one pass through the surface of things.
Claude Chabrol
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Some colors are very difficult to render, and you must compensate to get the color you want on the screen.
Claude Chabrol
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Laying tracks gives you freedom without being too obvious.
Claude Chabrol
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