Truffaut sought the interview because it was clear to him that Hitchcock was not simply the mass-market entertainer the American media made him out to be. It was obvious from his films, Truffaut wrote, that Hitchcock had "given more thought to the potential of his art than any of his colleagues".
Truffaut sought the interview because it was evident to him that Hitchcock was not merely a commercial entertainer as portrayed by the American media, but rather an artist who had "given more thought to the potential of his craft than any of his peers".