If I had to go through a tunnel ten years without making any movies like Bunuel, I don't mind, as long as I did one good movie.

When you start a movie... when it's a short, people don't care... but when it's a feature they want money.

Everybody wants to lie to himself, pretending that there's something else besides only the normal life you're living in.

It's not that I dislike the police, but I would never go to the police for anything. It's just that I prefer not..., not calling them.

In France, it's just.., if you're the son of someone, you can be sure that you will have a good life. Because you're the son of this guy or the daughter of that guy you will be introduced to this person who will give you a job even if you're totally incompetent.

Movies dealing with social subjects in France become very paternalist. They want to teach lessons. They don't show poorness like a normal situation.

I prefer periods of peace and love.