To observe a profoundly stupid individual can be very enriching, and that's why we should never feel contempt for them.

- Claude Chabrol

I'm not pessimistic about people in general, but only about the way they live.

- Claude Chabrol

I'm not wild about hand-held shots.

- Claude Chabrol

Stupidity is infinitely more fascinating that intelligence. Intelligence has its limits while stupidity has none.

- Claude Chabrol

There is no new wave, only the sea.

- Claude Chabrol

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

- Claude Chabrol

We live in an era where pizzas show up faster than the police.

- Claude Chabrol

I like making black and white films in natural surroundings, but I much prefer shooting a color film inside a studio where the colors are easier to c…

- Claude Chabrol

A woman is subject matter enough.

- Claude Chabrol