Marcel Carne Quotes

France, Film Director
August 18, 1906 – October, 31, 1996.

Marcel Carné was a French film director. A key figure in the poetic realism movement, Carné's best known films include Port of Shadows (1938), Le Jour Se Lève (1939), The Devil's Envoys (1942) and Children of Paradise (1945), the last of which has been cited as one of the greatest films of all time.

I also won one from the emperor of Japan, with a prize for the arts. That's important.

Marcel Carne
- Important
But I still always felt the absence of a mother.

Marcel Carne
- Mother

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

Marcel Carne
- Beginning
I think you never forget your childhood, whether it was happy or unhappy.

Marcel Carne
- Happy
- Childhood
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.

Marcel Carne
- Understanding
Well, you know, I'm much older than I look.

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

Marcel Carne
Well, I always run the risk of falling on my face, which has in fact happened.

Marcel Carne
- Risk

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

Marcel Carne
- People
- Travel
It's nice to know that people appreciate and respect you.

Marcel Carne
- People
- Respect
- Nice
I don't know what they'll say when I die. I don't give a damn, but they'll probably cry.

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

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

Marcel Carne
- People
My father's sister never married in order to raise me.

Marcel Carne
- Father
- Sister