In France, like in most countries, the respect you receive depends on your class.

Being poor is a normal thing.

People who are poor, they suffer a lot. And people drink a lot and people take a lot of downers and there's a lot of unemployment.

If you're a Bosnian and suddenly you get attacked by the Serbs, there's just one way of getting rid of your opponents. It's taking revenge and trying to fight as hard as you can.

I think that it's much brighter just to assume that you're an animal in the jungle and you have to survive.

Filmmaking is just a very luxurious and efficient way of expressing yourself.

From a simple, mammal perspective, you think you're going to make friends through the movie. You think, "Oh, this kind of humor that I play with will bring people that have a similar kind of humor. I'll make new friends," or something. You don't even think in terms of audience or of money.