I think I'm more demanding than any wife.

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'm happiest on set because I'm not myself. I'm someone else. The moustache, the dinner jacket. It's not me. You're always this sort of double, and it's liberating. Imagine being stuck with yourself... all those doubts.

I like simple things. I like being in my family in the South and playing petanque.

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

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

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!