I've worked with Andre Techine lately and with a young unknown director on a short film. I choose my roles carefully.

Film is a very young art that is still evolving. Soon, we shall reach a balance between content and technology.

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.

Mississippi Mermaid was a very special experience because we only had the dialogues for the scenes we were shooting the night before.

Cinema is still a very young art form with extraordinary techniques and very impressive special effects. But sometimes it seems the soul has been taken out of things.

I think one of the few times I've been involved with real-life characters was the story of Marie Bonaparte. I think it's really difficult to become someone that really existed.

It's always difficult to play a scene of physical violence because you're always afraid that you don't know your own strength and might hurt someone.