Just telling a story. That's cinema. It's not silent, black and white. It's a simple story that's well made.

I'm not an American actor. I'm a French actor. I'll continue in France. If I could make another silent movie in America, I'd like to!

I don't represent myself as a star, but an actor who wants to make movies.

I don't want everyone to like me, and I don't choose who likes me. You have to give them the choice, give them the option.

I watched Gene Kelly for his smile, for his energy. Vittorio Gassman for his movement. Clark Gable for his mustache. And I watched Lassie who was happy as a dog.

I like the hot-cold, the sugar-salt, being able to play over-the-top and dramatic things - in the same film. Just as in my life, I can be very funny and at other times almost extinguished.

I never think of the completed film, rather the adventure of what I'm about to live.