--- title: "24 Alain Resnais Quotes - Famous Film director (Marguerite Duras, Alain Resnais)" description: "Alain Resnais was a French film director and screenwriter whose career extended over more than six decades. Browse 24 Alain Resnais quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b032/author-kathryn-bigelow-10231.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Alain Resnais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b032/author-kathryn-bigelow-10231.jpg) # Alain Resnais (1922–2014) Film Director France **24** quotes in **157** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Alain Resnais was a film director from France, best known for *Marguerite Duras, Alain Resnais*. ## Quick Facts About Alain Resnais Born June 3, 1922 Died March 1, 2014 Nationality France Profession Film Director Notable works Marguerite Duras, Alain Resnais Spouse Sabine Azéma ## About Alain Resnais Alain Resnais was a French film director and screenwriter whose career extended over more than six decades. His films frequently explore the relationship between consciousness, memory, and the imagination, and he was noted for devising innovative formal structures for his narratives. ## Awards & Honors César Award for Best Director Golden Lion César Award for Best Film Honorary César Louis Delluc Prize European Film Academy Critics Award David di Donatello Luchino Visconti Sutherland Trophy Show 2 more awards Jean-Le-Duc award United Nations Awards ## Quotes by 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/) [Cinema](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cinema/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b15/alain-resnais-24609_cinema_a-viewer-as-opposed-to-a-filmmaker-might_1923286.jpg) > [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/) [Documents](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/documents/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/690/alain-resnais-24609_documents_since-we-had-little-money-and-few-docume_1850979.jpg) > [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/) [Assignment](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/assignment/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce7/alain-resnais-24609_assignments_i-am-never-driven-every-film-ive-made-ha_1332291.jpg) > [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/) [Because](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/because/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/664/alain-resnais-24609_because_i-d-even-say-it-s-a-realistic-film-becau_1196535.jpg) > [Luck, I never looked to make difficult movies on purpose. You make the films you can make.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alain-resnais/luck-i-never-looked-to-make-difficult-movies-on-purpose-you-make-the/) [Alain Resnais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alain-resnais/) [Cinema](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cinema/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c5b/alain-resnais-24609_cinema_luck-i-never-looked-to-make-difficult-mo_2412863.jpg) > [I am never driven. Every film I've made has been an assignment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alain-resnais/i-am-never-driven-every-film-i-ve-made-has-been-an-assignment/) [Alain Resnais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alain-resnais/) [Am](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/am/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b8/alain-resnais-24609_am_i-am-never-driven-every-film-i-ve-made-h_2469803.jpg) > [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/) [Alain Resnais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alain-resnais/) [Communicate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/communicate/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f51/alain-resnais-24609_communicate_it-was-repugnant-but-it-was-the-only-way_1930296.jpg) > [The present and the past coexist, but the past shouldn't be in flashback.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alain-resnais/the-present-and-the-past-coexist-but-the-past-shouldn-t-be-in/) [Alain Resnais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alain-resnais/) [Anger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ffb/alain-resnais-24609_anger_the-present-and-the-past-coexist-but-the_3103888.jpg) > [I never had any special appetite for filmmaking, but you have to make a living and it is miraculous to earn a…](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/) [Appetite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/appetite/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eeb/alain-resnais-24609_appetite_i-never-had-any-special-appetite-for-fil_540028.jpg) > [I never thought of becoming a director. When I was twelve, the passage from silent film to the talkies had an impact…](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/) [Becoming](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/becoming/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f09/alain-resnais-24609_becoming_i-never-thought-of-becoming-a-director-w_1908401.jpg) > [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/) [Cinema](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cinema/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f7/alain-resnais-24609_cinema_my-films-seem-to-be-better-understood-an_1339012.jpg) > [When I was 12 I made some little films with my friends. I tried to make gangster films, like Fantomas, but I…](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/) [Cinema](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cinema/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed6/alain-resnais-24609_cinema_when-i-was-12-i-made-some-little-films-w_1500441.jpg) > [I can't see any reason why a film shouldn't be stylized and visually beautiful. I don't think a beautiful set is pretentious.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alain-resnais/i-can-t-see-any-reason-why-a-film-shouldn-t-be-stylized-and-visually/) [Alain Resnais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alain-resnais/) [Beautiful](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beautiful/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/496/alain-resnais-24609_beautiful_i-can-t-see-any-reason-why-a-film-should_2912542.jpg) > [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/) [Communication](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/communication/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fed/alain-resnais-24609_communication_there-cannot-be-any-communication-except_3067.jpg) > [For me an unfavorable initial reaction happens fairly often. For some reason the more time that elapses after the film opens, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alain-resnais/for-me-an-unfavorable-initial-reaction-happens-fairly-often-for-some/) [Alain Resnais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alain-resnais/) [Film](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/film/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ca/alain-resnais-24609_film_for-me-an-unfavorable-initial-reaction-h_2155784.jpg) > [That's easy to answer: I never had any special appetite for filmmaking, but you have to make a living and it is…](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/) [Answer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/answer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba3/alain-resnais-24609_answer_that-s-easy-to-answer-i-never-had-any-sp_1316023.jpg) > [When I was twelve, the passage from silent film to the talkies had an impact on me-I still watch silent films. I…](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/) [Book](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/book/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1cc/alain-resnais-24609_book_when-i-was-twelve-the-passage-from-silen_165989.jpg) > [We should all die with a sharp, brusque heart attack. My father was lucky like that. One day he went hunting. He…](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/) [Best friend](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/best-friend/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ccb/alain-resnais-24609_best-friend_we-should-all-die-with-a-sharp-brusque-h_192959.jpg) > [“They say that a director always makes the same film. I try to make, as François Truffaut said, the next film in…](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/) [Auteur theory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/auteur-theory/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8c/alain-resnais-24609_cinema_they-say-that-a-director-always-makes-th_1265492.jpg) > [“I try hard to give rhythm to the changes of pace in a film so that the directing is full of contrast:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alain-resnais/i-try-hard-to-give-rhythm-to-the-changes-of-pace-in-a-film-so-that/) [Alain Resnais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alain-resnais/) [Change](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/change/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b56/alain-resnais-24609_change_i-try-hard-to-give-rhythm-to-the-changes_3210908.jpg) > [I saw part of The Singing Detective on TV in New York. I said, Something is going on here.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alain-resnais/i-saw-part-of-the-singing-detective-on-tv-in-new-york-i-said/) [Alain Resnais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alain-resnais/) [Detective](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/detective/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c73/alain-resnais-24609_detective_i-saw-part-of-the-singing-detective-on-t_2541396.jpg) > [There was a darkness, a melancholy, that people had trouble accepting. Maybe now, it would work better.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alain-resnais/there-was-a-darkness-a-melancholy-that-people-had-trouble-accepting/) [Alain Resnais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alain-resnais/) [Accepting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accepting/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/493/alain-resnais-24609_accepting_there-was-a-darkness-a-melancholy-that-p_2790436.jpg) > [Oh, yes, that never happened to me in my life before. It was a risky film, and I warned the producer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alain-resnais/oh-yes-that-never-happened-to-me-in-my-life-before-it-was-a-risky/) [Alain Resnais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alain-resnais/) [Before](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/before/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/260/alain-resnais-24609_before_oh-yes-that-never-happened-to-me-in-my-l_3078126.jpg) > [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/) [Cinema](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cinema/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5b/alain-resnais-24609_cinema_so-i-used-formal-techniques-to-make-the_390432.jpg) ## Alain Resnais by topic [Film (15)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/film/alain-resnais/) [Cinema (14)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cinema/alain-resnais/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alain-resnais/#itemlist", "name": "Alain Resnais Quotes", "numberOfItems": 24, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A viewer as opposed to a filmmaker might see a film differently. 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