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> [“They say that a director always makes the same film. I try to make, as François Truffaut said, the next film in opposition to the one that came before. I'm not sure if I succeed. To put it another way,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alain-resnais/they-say-that-a-director-always-makes-the-same-film-i-try-to-make-as/)

[Alain Resnais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alain-resnais/)

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## More by Alain Resnais

> [There cannot be any communication except through form. If there is no form, you cannot create emotion in the spectator.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alain-resnais/there-cannot-be-any-communication-except-through-form-if-there-is-no/)

[Alain Resnais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alain-resnais/)

> [When I was twelve, the passage from silent film to the talkies had an impact on me-I still watch silent films. I don't think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alain-resnais/when-i-was-twelve-the-passage-from-silent-film-to-the-talkies-had-an/)

[Alain Resnais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alain-resnais/)

> [We should all die with a sharp, brusque heart attack. My father was lucky like that. One day he went hunting. He had a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alain-resnais/we-should-all-die-with-a-sharp-brusque-heart-attack-my-father-was/)

[Alain Resnais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alain-resnais/)

> [So I used formal techniques to make the film more perceptive emotionally.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alain-resnais/so-i-used-formal-techniques-to-make-the-film-more-perceptive/)

[Alain Resnais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alain-resnais/)

> [I never had any special appetite for filmmaking, but you have to make a living and it is miraculous to earn a living working…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alain-resnais/i-never-had-any-special-appetite-for-filmmaking-but-you-have-to-make/)

[Alain Resnais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alain-resnais/)

> [I'd even say it's a realistic film because that's the way it happens in our heads; that was the idea.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alain-resnais/i-d-even-say-it-s-a-realistic-film-because-that-s-the-way-it-happens/)

[Alain Resnais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alain-resnais/)

> [“They say that a director always makes the same film. I try to make, as François Truffaut said, the next film in opposition to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alain-resnais/they-say-that-a-director-always-makes-the-same-film-i-try-to-make-as/)

[Alain Resnais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alain-resnais/)

> [That's easy to answer: I never had any special appetite for filmmaking, but you have to make a living and it is miraculous to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alain-resnais/that-s-easy-to-answer-i-never-had-any-special-appetite-for-filmmaking/)

[Alain Resnais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alain-resnais/)

> [I am never driven. Every film Ive made has been an assignment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alain-resnais/i-am-never-driven-every-film-ive-made-has-been-an-assignment/)

[Alain Resnais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alain-resnais/)

> [My films seem to be better understood and better received by the monthly publications. On television the first reactions are usually unfavorable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alain-resnais/my-films-seem-to-be-better-understood-and-better-received-by-the/)

[Alain Resnais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alain-resnais/)

> [When I was 12 I made some little films with my friends. I tried to make gangster films, like Fantomas, but I remember being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alain-resnais/when-i-was-12-i-made-some-little-films-with-my-friends-i-tried-to/)

[Alain Resnais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alain-resnais/)

> [Since we had little money and few documents, we had nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alain-resnais/since-we-had-little-money-and-few-documents-we-had-nothing/)

[Alain Resnais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alain-resnais/)

> [I never thought of becoming a director. When I was twelve, the passage from silent film to the talkies had an impact on me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alain-resnais/i-never-thought-of-becoming-a-director-when-i-was-twelve-the-passage/)

[Alain Resnais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alain-resnais/)

> [A viewer as opposed to a filmmaker might see a film differently. But I'm extremely comfortable with my style.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alain-resnais/a-viewer-as-opposed-to-a-filmmaker-might-see-a-film-differently-but-i/)

[Alain Resnais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alain-resnais/)

> [It was repugnant, but it was the only way to communicate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alain-resnais/it-was-repugnant-but-it-was-the-only-way-to-communicate/)

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