Patrice Leconte famous quotes

04-17-2025

Married people from my generation are like an endangered species!
-- Patrice Leconte

#Anniversary #People #Generations
You can work, shop, do everything from home, and I find this unsettling.
-- Patrice Leconte

#Home #Shops
I never storyboard. I hate it. I don't understand why so many directors want to make comic strips of their films.
-- Patrice Leconte

#Hate #Want #Directors
Working with the same people is so much quicker and frees up your energy for other things.
-- Patrice Leconte

#People #Energy
Working with a bunch of actors is like trying to tune each violin.
-- Patrice Leconte

#Trying #Violin #Tunes
What I expect of a movie reviewer is that he should love cinema as much as I do.
-- Patrice Leconte

#Cinema #Should
My movies are, more or less, very short. I'm terrified of boring an audience.
-- Patrice Leconte

#Boring #Audience
I like films that are well-written and concise and with not a lot of room for improvisation.
-- Patrice Leconte

#Rooms #Film #Wells
If a film is very clever and well-written, that's what gives you freedom as a director.
-- Patrice Leconte

#Clever #Giving #Directors
You may think it's very presumptuous, but I really hope that my movies are going to turn people into better people.
-- Patrice Leconte

#Thinking #People #May
I would rather my films be well-known than I be well-known.
-- Patrice Leconte

#Film #Well Known #Wells
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

#Ideas #Trying #Getting Older
I'm not one to dwell on rehearsal or preparation.
-- Patrice Leconte

#Preparation #Rehearsal
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

#Cinema #Affection #Feels
I can zero in on subtle things because I'm holding the camera.
-- Patrice Leconte

#Zero #Cameras #Holding On
I am not a fan of westerns particularly.
-- Patrice Leconte

#Fans
Yes, I am very prolific.
-- Patrice Leconte
I like films to be complete in their written form.
-- Patrice Leconte

#Film #Form
When I was young, my idea was to become a filmmaker.
-- Patrice Leconte

#Ideas #Young #Filmmaker
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

#Littles #Film #Crew

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