Patrice Leconte Quotes
"No, but it's not because I'm getting older that I'm trying to accelerate. But something very curious is happening: The older I get, the more ideas I'm getting."
- Patrice Leconte
(Related: Ideas, Trying)
"You may think it's very presumptuous, but I really hope that my movies are going to turn people into better people."
- Patrice Leconte
(Related: Movies, People, Hope, May)
"My movies are, more or less, very short. I'm terrified of boring an audience."
- Patrice Leconte
(Related: Movies)
"I would rather my films be well-known than I be well-known."
- Patrice Leconte
"What I expect of a movie reviewer is that he should love cinema as much as I do."
- Patrice Leconte
(Related: Love, Cinema)
"When I was young, my idea was to become a filmmaker."
- Patrice Leconte
(Related: Idea)
"Working with a bunch of actors is like trying to tune each violin."
- Patrice Leconte
(Related: Actors, Trying)
"Working with the same people is so much quicker and frees up your energy for other things."
- Patrice Leconte
(Related: People, Energy)
"You can work, shop, do everything from home, and I find this unsettling."
- Patrice Leconte
(Related: Home, Work)
"Yes, I am very prolific."
- Patrice Leconte
"I'm not one to dwell on rehearsal or preparation."
- Patrice Leconte
(Related: Preparation)
"I never storyboard. I hate it. I don't understand why so many directors want to make comic strips of their films."
- Patrice Leconte
(Related: Hate, Want)
"I like films to be complete in their written form."
- Patrice Leconte
"I like films that are well-written and concise and with not a lot of room for improvisation."
- Patrice Leconte
"I like cinema. I am very fond of it. But from time to time I feel like having some time on my own."
- Patrice Leconte
(Related: Time, Cinema)
"I can zero in on subtle things because I'm holding the camera."
- Patrice Leconte
"I am not a fan of westerns particularly."
- Patrice Leconte
"But I won't work with the exact same crew film after film because I feel the work would get a little complacent."
- Patrice Leconte
(Related: Work, Film)
"I've always done 20 things at once. It's my way of staying alive, not to keep one dish cooking, but several dishes going. And I'm pretty organized."
- Patrice Leconte
(Related: Cooking, Pretty)
"If a film is very clever and well-written, that's what gives you freedom as a director."
- Patrice Leconte
(Related: Film, Freedom)