I was raised and I was going to school in the suburbs of Paris. And so we, I didn't really go to the riots, to the barricade. I was too young, actually. Rather young.

Some roles are easier to choose, some roles are more difficult because they are more daring. Sometimes you have to dare.

Am I an intellectual? I don't think so. Less than people sometimes think, I have to say. But more than some others think.

But on the whole, nothing requires unbearable energy for me, it's just a normal thing.

Before I do a play I say that I hope it's going to be for as short a time as possible but, once you do it, it is a paradoxical pleasure. One evening out of two there are five minutes of a miracle and for those five minutes you want to do it again and again. It's like a drug.

For a long time I have compared cinema to music, I think cinema has a lot to do with the rhythm of music.

For me, making films is like being on vacation, it's a nice walk. But theatre is like mountaineering. You never know whether you're going to fall off or make it to the top.