When I was 16 I discovered this island called cinema and I thought: 'Oh how wonderful, I'm ready. Leos Carax More Quotes by Leos Carax More Quotes From Leos Carax 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. Leos Carax portraitsbeautifulrooms I don't work with people who ask me questions. Leos Carax ask-measkspeople I'm not a cineaste. I've made so few films. Sometimes it feels each one is the last one or the first one. Leos Carax lastssometimesfirsts It's incredible how much cinema can do. We forget. Leos Carax incrediblescinemaforget Every film starts with two or three images. Then I try to edit these images. Leos Carax threetryingtwo I care about cinema even though I haven't made many films. Leos Carax cinemafilmcare 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 territorycinemaway Men talk about art, and artists make art, but should artists talk? Leos Carax shouldmenart I feel that cinema is my country. But it's not my business. Leos Carax cinemafeelscountry 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. Leos Carax pioneersbelieveenemy I'm not only my films, but I'm pretty much my films. Leos Carax film 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? Leos Carax tiredcostanswers 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. Leos Carax togetherfeelingstrying Even a fiction film is hard to end. You can going on shooting and editing a documentary forever. Leos Carax editingforeverfiction 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. Leos Carax faterealtogether 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 cameraknowcountrytravel 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. Leos Carax perspectivebeautifullifedeath I mostly don't submit to talking about my work because I would like another talk about real life. Leos Carax realworktalkinglife 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 youcrazybusinesspeople 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 namemyselfidentitytime
