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

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

Cooking

Pretty

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

Work

Film

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

Time

Cinema

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

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

Patrice Leconte

Preparation

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

Patrice Leconte

Home

Work

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

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People

Energy

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

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Actors

Trying

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

Patrice Leconte

Idea

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

Patrice Leconte

Love

Cinema

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

Patrice Leconte

Movies

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

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.

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Ideas

Trying

Married people from my generation are like an endangered species!

Patrice Leconte

People