Patrice Leconte Quotes

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

Married people from my generation are like an endangered species!

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

I never storyboard. I hate it. I don't understand why so many directors want to make comic strips of their films.

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

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

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

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

I am not a fan of westerns particularly.

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