My Life and My Films Quotes

“We do not exist through ourselves alone but through the environment that shaped us.”
― Jean Renoir, My Life and My Films

“I considered that the world, and especially the cinema, was burdened with false gods. My task was to overthrow them. Sword in hand, I was ready to consecrate my life to the task. But the false gods are still there. My perseverance during a half-century of cinema has perhaps helped to topple a few of them. It has likewise helped me to discover that some of the gods were real, and had no need to be toppled.”
― Jean Renoir, My Life and My Films