Patrice Leconte quotes:

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

What stirs my passion is making cinema, and that means doing different things, making different types of films.

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

Yes, I am very prolific.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

As a spectator, I have very eclectic taste, whether it's comedies or action or very small, intimate films. And I feel as a filmmaker I should be able to have that same eclectic taste.

I am not a fan of westerns particularly.

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

I like films to be complete in their written form.

I see people growing more and more isolated in their lives. It's not like it's a new thing, but it's more preoccupying now as you can do so many things without leaving your home. You can work, shop, do everything from home, and I find this unsettling.

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.

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