In many cases for an actor it's a comfortable position to be in. But it's harder to fail as a director.

I don't like to shoot too many movies since I like to do them well.

I wasn't dyslexic, I was just very slow. I passed my time daydreaming.

I love dancing in general and making girls dance. My generation doesn't do it enough.

I recycle. I have a house in the south of France and I have a small garden. My name is Dujardin - 'from the garden.' I grow carrots, peppers, strawberries, green beans, and things for salads, but there are lots of wild boars all around and they steal the food.

It was always about the story rather than the character.

I discovered that silent film is almost an advantage. You just have to think of the feeling for it to show. No lines pollute it. It doesn't take much - a gaze, an eyelash flutter - for the emotion to be vivid.