There's no more film; now everything's digital. I welcome this. It's fantastic for me to have a new chance.

I don't think you can in any way export culture with guns or tanks.

I haven't made a movie for a while, but I've watched a lot. It's my major waste of time. I like to work, but also to be waiting for work.

A name? Oh, Jesus Christ. Ah, God, I've been called by a million names all my life. I don't want a name. I'm better off with a grunt or a groan for a name.

Sometimes you are in sync with the times, sometimes you are in advance, sometimes you are late.

I think that I used to love Hollywood movies. I remember great phases and moments. But, unfortunately, now is not the moment.

What happened in the late Fifties, early Sixties in French cinema was a fantastic revolution. I was in Italy, but completely in love with the nouvelle vague movement, and directors like Godard, Truffaut, Demy. 'The Dreamers' was a total homage to cinema and that love for it.