Quotes by Patrice Leconte

• Married people from my generation are like an endangered species!
• 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.
• You may think it's very presumptuous, but I really hope that my movies are going to turn people into better people.
• My movies are, more or less, very short. I'm terrified of boring an audience.
• I would rather my films be well-known than I be well-known.
• What I expect of a movie reviewer is that he should love cinema as much as I do.
• When I was young, my idea was to become a filmmaker.
• 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.
• You can work, shop, do everything from home, and I find this unsettling.
• Yes, I am very prolific.
• I'm not one to dwell on rehearsal or preparation.
• I like films to be complete in their written form.
• I like films that are well-written and concise and with not a lot of room for improvisation.
• I like cinema. I am very fond of it. But from time to time I feel like having some time on my own.
• I can zero in on subtle things because I'm holding the camera.
• I am not a fan of westerns particularly.
• But I won't work with the exact same crew film after film because I feel the work would get a little complacent.
• 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.
• If a film is very clever and well-written, that's what gives you freedom as a director.