Directors have to push me. I have to be pushed up. Not all the time, but often.

I like some of the early silent films because I love to watch how actors had to play then. What would interest me today is to do a silent film.

I love to do very long and complicated scenes. I like to have this impression that we are all working together, where you can see all the technicians and everybody is really doing the same thing at the same time. With close-ups, of course you have the crew there, but most of them are just around and it doesn't involve that many people.

Being an actor means being an instrument for someone else. I want to give myself completely.

I like working with directors much, because I want to be able to give myself completely to their vision. Otherwise I would only do what I could do, again and again. I want to be taken by someone in a different direction.

I think the clothes in Belle de Jour are very important to the style of the film. Even today, it is still timeless.

In America you need a bodyguard to go out.