Top quotes by Leos Carax

When I was 16, I felt very relieved to discover cinema. It was like an island where I could see life and death from another perspective. Every young person should be interested in that island. It's a beautiful place. Votes: 17

I thank Henry James for the scene in the hotel room, that I stole from Portrait Of A Lady This particular scene is the most beautiful scene ever written. Votes: 15

Video is freeing, but also lazier. You have to recreate the love of the moment. Votes: 9

The virtual world is not the enemy. The pioneers invented a world they believed in, but the followers must follow that world whether they believe in it or not. Votes: 9

The film is therefore a form of science fiction, in which humans, beasts and machines are on the verge of extinction - 'sacred motors' linked together by a common fate and solidarity, slaves to an increasingly virtual world. A world from which visible machines, real experiences and actions are gradually disappearing. Votes: 6

There's a real cowardice in the movie business. If you don't meet the right crazy people, you can't do it. Votes: 6

It's incredible how much cinema can do. We forget. Votes: 6

Every film starts with two or three images. Then I try to edit these images. Votes: 5

My films start with images, a few images and a few feelings, and I try to edit them together to see the correspondence between these images and these feelings. Votes: 5

I care about cinema even though I haven't made many films. Votes: 5

Even a fiction film is hard to end. You can going on shooting and editing a documentary forever. Votes: 5

I'm not against the virtual world; it's fascinating, but I don't like the way they try to impose it on us. It's a thing imposed by rich countries. Votes: 5

We all get a little tired of being ourselves sometimes. The answer is to reinvent yourself, but how do you do that and what is the cost? Votes: 4

I feel that cinema is my country. But it's not my business. Votes: 3

When I made my first film, I had hardly ever seen a camera before, and I was a young man when I arrived in Paris from the suburbs. At the time, I didn't talk much. I was very shy, so the bluff served me. I was telling people that I had no money, and that I knew how to make films, but I had no proof. Votes: 2

I mostly don't submit to talking about my work because I would like another talk about real life. Votes: 2

Cinema is a territory. It exists outside of movies. It's a place I live in. It's a way of seeing things, of experiencing life. But making films, that's supposed to be a profession. Votes: 2

I don't work with people who ask me questions. Votes: 2

I'm not especially interested in actors or their life, double, triple identities and all that. Votes: 2

Men talk about art, and artists make art, but should artists talk? Votes: 1

When I was 16, I discovered this island called cinema and I thought: 'Oh, how wonderful; I'm ready.' Votes: 1

I'm not a cineaste. I've made so few films. Sometimes it feels each one is the last one or the first one. Votes: 0

I'm not only my films, but I'm pretty much my films. Votes: 0