Leconte Quotes & Sayings

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

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

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

Is it not demonstrated that a true flying machine, self-raising, self-sustaining, self-propelling, is physically impossible? — Joseph LeConte

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

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

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

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

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

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

The essential thing is not knowledge, but character. — Joseph LeConte

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

There is nothing which Nature so clearly reveals, and upon which science so strongly insists, as the universal reign of law, absolute, universal, invariable law ... Not one jot or tittle of the laws of Nature are unfulfilled. I do not believe it is possible to state this fact too strongly ... Everything happens according to law, and, since law is the expression of Divine will, everything happens according to Divine will, i.e. is in some sense ordained, decreed. — Joseph LeConte

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

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

The snowfall totals so far have been stunning, with 22 inches of snow on Mount Leconte, Tennessee, which is in the Great Smoky Mountains, and widespread amounts of half-a-foot or more in the southern and central Appalachian Mountains. — Anonymous

I am not a fan of westerns particularly. — Patrice Leconte

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

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. — Patrice Leconte

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

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. — Patrice Leconte

It is true that the trees are for human use. But these are aesthetic uses as well as commercial uses-uses for the spiritual wealth of all, as well as the material wealth of some. — Joseph LeConte

I like films to be complete in their written form. — Patrice Leconte

Yes, I am very prolific. — Patrice Leconte

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

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

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

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

I would rather my films be well-known than I be well-known. — Patrice Leconte

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

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

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