Patrice Leconte Quotes

If a film is very clever and well-written, that's what gives you freedom as a director.

Married people from my generation are like an endangered species!

You may think it's very presumptuous, but I really hope that my movies are going to turn people into better people.

I think the best thing I learned from drawing comics is that it's a great exercise in concision.

I can zero in on subtle things because I'm holding the camera.

I like cinema. I am very fond of it. But from time to time I feel like having some time on my own.

Love stories that are too simple don't deserve to have films made about them.

If a film is very clever and well-written, that's what gives you freedom as a director. Part of the freedom in directing, for me, is that I'm also the camera operator. That's the place where things are less rigid, where I can adjust as I go along.

Yes, I am very prolific.

But I won't work with the exact same crew film after film because I feel the work would get a little complacent.

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.

I'm not one to dwell on rehearsal or preparation. I like to just go out and do it. Of course, that doesn't mean actors are free to do whatever they like, they're always being directed.

I like films that are well-written and concise and with not a lot of room for improvisation.

My movies are, more or less, very short. I'm terrified of boring an audience.

What I expect of a movie reviewer is that he should love cinema as much as I do.

Sometimes it only takes three words, so long as they're the right words, to direct an actor in the right way.

Working with a bunch of actors is like trying to tune each violin.

Working with the same people is so much quicker and frees up your energy for other things.

I am not a fan of westerns particularly.

I did the drawing and writing - for five years. I made a lot of short films the whole while and I made a promise to myself in front of the mirror that I would stop drawing when I signed my first contract for a feature film.

You can work, shop, do everything from home, and I find this unsettling.

I'm not one to dwell on rehearsal or preparation.

I would rather my films be well-known than I be well-known.

When I was young, my idea was to become a filmmaker.

I like films to be complete in their written form.