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Patrice Leconte
French
Director
About the author
I am not a fan of westerns particularly.
Patrice Leconte,
French
Director
I can zero in on subtle things because I'm holding the camera.
Patrice Leconte,
French
Director
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,
French
Director
#Film
#Work
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,
French
Director
#Pretty
#Cooking
If a film is very clever and well-written, that's what gives you freedom as a director.
Patrice Leconte,
French
Director
#Film
#Freedom
Married people from my generation are like an endangered species!
Patrice Leconte,
French
Director
#People
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,
French
Director
#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,
French
Director
#Hope
#People
#May
#Movies
My movies are, more or less, very short. I'm terrified of boring an audience.
Patrice Leconte,
French
Director
#Movies
I would rather my films be well-known than I be well-known.
Patrice Leconte,
French
Director
What I expect of a movie reviewer is that he should love cinema as much as I do.
Patrice Leconte,
French
Director
#Love
#Cinema
When I was young, my idea was to become a filmmaker.
Patrice Leconte,
French
Director
#Idea
Working with a bunch of actors is like trying to tune each violin.
Patrice Leconte,
French
Director
#Trying
#Actors
Working with the same people is so much quicker and frees up your energy for other things.
Patrice Leconte,
French
Director
#People
#Energy
You can work, shop, do everything from home, and I find this unsettling.
Patrice Leconte,
French
Director
#Work
#Home
Yes, I am very prolific.
Patrice Leconte,
French
Director
I'm not one to dwell on rehearsal or preparation.
Patrice Leconte,
French
Director
#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,
French
Director
#Want
#Hate
I like films to be complete in their written form.
Patrice Leconte,
French
Director
I like films that are well-written and concise and with not a lot of room for improvisation.
Patrice Leconte,
French
Director
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,
French
Director
#Time
#Cinema