Cinema is dominated by stars you like from the get go.

- Claude Lelouch

Hollwood creates useful entertainment. There are millions of people on earth who need distraction and American cinema fulfills that function.

- Claude Lelouch

The real loser of our times is the one who is expected to win.

- Claude Lelouch

Appearance is valued too much in our society.

- Claude Lelouch

I've seen many films and read lots of thrillers - and I'm always disappointed that I can guess the story before the other viewers.

- Claude Lelouch

The perfect crime is when you push someone to suicide. I once read a study that said everyone in the course of their life has thought of killing some…

- Claude Lelouch

You have to strike hard from the beginning and create a depressurizing zone between the viewer's own life and the one onscreen. The creators of James…

- Claude Lelouch

Shame is very painful to endure. For me it makes perfect sense that the character would kill herself.

- Claude Lelouch

Each time I hit a low point I learn the most. Failure is the best university.

- Claude Lelouch