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.

It is enjoyable to make things visible which are invisible.

I'm so proud the fans still sing my name, but I fear tomorrow they will stop. I fear it because I love it. And everything you love, you fear you will lose.

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

I always wanted to play against the best.

It is unacceptable that people often have to make huge sacrifices just to find a place to live, a roof over their heads.

A home is crucial, the foundation of a stable family.