I wouldn't say I was a rebel as such, but I certainly wasn't right at school.

The body is an actor's tool, like the face, malleable. I never thought that being naked was immoral or outrageous.

There are moments when you feel that the desire to work is fading, and the only way to bring it back is to get away from it, to put yourself in a state of frustration so you feel the need again.

You may think of me as an object of desire and I'm going to tell you that I can be in front of you naked and not be erotic.

I don't always see my movies right away. And there are some I haven't seen at all. Sometimes that bothers the directors, so I'm obliged to see them.

I've just done a film in the United States. It's a thriller called 'A Crime', with Harvey Keitel, we play against each other, and it's so great to play in another language. But I'm definitely not American.

I think my best work has been in France with great men. It's been my great fortune to work with really great men - with Olivier Assayas, Raoul Ruiz, Jacques Rivette. I am tutored by them.