Celebrities Claude Chabrol, Birthday: 24 June 1930, Paris, France

[on his movie Ophélia (1963)] I saw it recently and it was still execrable.

There is no new wave, only the sea.

[on divorcing Stéphane Audran] I found myself becoming more interested in her as an actress than a ...Show more »

[on divorcing Stéphane Audran] I found myself becoming more interested in her as an actress than a wife. Show less «

"I am a Communist, certainly, but that doesn't mean I have to make films about the wheat harvest." (...Show more »

"I am a Communist, certainly, but that doesn't mean I have to make films about the wheat harvest." (1971 interview with Roger Ebert) Show less «

I'm not at all interested in who-done-its. If you conceal a character's guilt, you imply that his gu...Show more »

I'm not at all interested in who-done-its. If you conceal a character's guilt, you imply that his guilt is the most important thing about him. I want the audience to know who the murderer is, so that we can consider his personality. Show less «

I saw 'Snow 'White' at least 10 times between 1937 and 1940 and I think it influenced my work, a lit...Show more »

I saw 'Snow 'White' at least 10 times between 1937 and 1940 and I think it influenced my work, a little. It was a good horror film. The death of the witch was the best thing Disney ever did. Show less «

Nous vivons une époque où les pizzas arrivent plus vite que la police. We live in an era where piz...Show more »

Nous vivons une époque où les pizzas arrivent plus vite que la police. We live in an era where pizzas show up faster than the police. Show less «

I have always been fascinated by smiling killers.

Claude Chabrol

Claude Chabrol's FILMOGRAPHY

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