Patrice Leconte Quotes
I never storyboard. I hate it. I don't understand why so many directors want to make comic strips of their films.
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I'm an actor; I want to play roles, not a role.
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I don't believe in endorsing a product that you don't want to endorse.
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I was just finishing up 'Spotlight' in Toronto - I finished it on a Tuesday and started 'True Detective' on a Friday. So I was missing rehearsals, unfortunately, which I hate and why I never like to work back-to-back.
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At first blush, it seems odd that loser lit books are rejected initially, then go on to be fiercely loved by legions of readers. This apparent contradiction might be due to the fact that if they didn't screw up their lives, most losers would be the kind of power-elite, Type A go-getters whom readers love to hate.
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It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
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I don't know why my shoes are so popular - I am always surprised and mystified by it.
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I know what women want. They want to be beautiful.
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Hard work is not why I have been successful as a model.
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In the streets, they're very nice. On Twitter, there are people who love to hate me. Sometimes people get mean. I tend to answer like, 'Careful now, know who you're dealing with...' They're like, 'I'm sorry! Don't send the Lord of Light after me!' It's fun to play with that.
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Why should people go out and pay money to see bad films when they can stay at home and see bad television for nothing?
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I have trusted to my intuition to find the subjects, and I have written intuitively. I have an idea when I start, I have a shape; but I will fully understand what I have written only after some years.
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Classic cable TV may have hit its peak, but it's still a huge force, and the streaming apps of many cable networks still require you to authenticate that you're a paying cable customer every time you want to use a new such TV app.
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You want to know why there's a Texas Rangers? Well, here's the answer. You know how the six-gun came around? Well, here's the answer. You want to know why Mexicans allowed Americans to settle Texas in the first place? It was fear of Comanches.
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We never thought 'Say Something' would be a holiday song. I'm still surprised that it's resonating at this time of year. Maybe that's why it's working so well - it balances out all the joy.
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I never really wanted kids. I didn't not want them, but motherhood just wasn't something that pulled at me.
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Writers write for one reason: to create an emotion in the reader, to reach across and make them feel something. You want a reaction. Yeah, it's nicer when the reaction is to throw flowers than it is to throw brickbats, but you have to accept both equally.
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Let's practice motivation and love, not discrimination and hate.
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The best thing about being immensely wealthy is not having to be in any particular place at any particular time doing a particular task you don't want to do.
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I don't see why ogling same-sex kissing should be the exclusive domain of frat boys whacking off to lesbian action, that's so sexist. Feminism should be all inclusive- it should be about sexual liberation, equal pay for equal work, and the fundamental girl right of boy2boy appreciation.
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It's always weird when you see a movie, and there's no reason for someone to, like, jump on stage and be a singer, and then they just do that... But if it came organically, I would grab that mike and jump on stage for sure.
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The best gift an educator can give is to get someone to become self-reflective.
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Somebody once said, you have to wait 20 years before you can tell if a movie's any good or not so that's probably true.
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If there is a Creator-God, it has used methods of creation that are indistinguishable from nature, it has declined to make itself known for all of recorded history, it doesn't intervene in affairs on earth, and has made itself impossible to observe. Even if you believe in that God... why would you think it would want to be worshiped?
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I never storyboard. I hate it. I don't understand why so many directors want to make comic strips of their films.
