A certain type of critic doesn't really want French movies to be visual. They think movies started from books and they forgot this part of moviemaking, like Chaplin and Buster Keaton, which I didn't forget.

I think that if you do an American movie it's important to earn some money, but in a stupid way, to be respected.

I show through my movies that I can do something else. But I always play strong-minded characters. I think it's maybe because I'm like that. I love being by myself.

It might seem paradoxical given my profession, but I'm not someone who likes to be in the limelight.

When I was a teenager, I thought nothing would ever happen to me because my childhood was so normal. I had this complex of normality.

People in France are very intrusive when they recognize you. In New York, they are very polite, with quick words, so it's great.

I like to think in camera, but at the last minute the most important thing is that there is something happening between the actors. But good actors can have a lot of scenes going around them but sometimes it sort of helps the performance because it takes their mind off of who they are supposed to be.