Sometimes in life one experiences an emotion which is so strong that it is difficult to think, or to reason.

I found leaving Manchester United very, very hard.

I try to find different ways of expressing myself. Without that I will die.

The French have only negative things to say about everything and everyone.

I like to be fascinated by the people I photograph. Sometimes I don't admire them but I'm interested in them.

With my two brothers, Jean-Marie and Joel, I wrote a two-page story and wanted to make some kind of movie. We met a French production company, called Why Not?, and the first name we put on the list was Ken Loach. It was a dream for all of us. So, we tried and we met Ken and Paul Laverty, his writer, and they read the two pages and were inspired by that to do something. Paul had the freedom to do his own story - and he wrote his own story, which is better than the one we'd written.

I don't think the world of football is so serious. It's important to have distance about things and about yourself. If we believe we are kings or gods, we become crazy. We all know it's a game and we all enjoy it together.