Author: Leos Carax

Quotes

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.

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.

- Leos Carax

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

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

- Leos Carax

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

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

- Leos Carax

I changed my name when I was 13. I don't know why but it made sense at the time. I wanted another identity. I wanted to reinvent myself.

I changed my name when I was 13. I don't know why but it made sense at the time. I wanted another identity. I wanted to reinvent myself.

- Leos Carax

I don't think men were meant to be interviewed.

I don't think men were meant to be interviewed.

- Leos Carax

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

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

- Leos Carax

Men talk about art, and artists make art, but should artists talk?

Men talk about art, and artists make art, but should artists talk?

- Leos Carax

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

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

- Leos Carax

I travel, I read, I write, I have other lives. But when I have a camera, I know that's my country, my island.

I travel, I read, I write, I have other lives. But when I have a camera, I know that's my country, my island.

- Leos Carax

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