My way of remaining French was the financing scheme I used for Quest for Fire, with Fox funds, since it started as a 100% American production. The film was not in French and yet was French in style, reflecting my personality.

When Picasso painted in Paris, was he a Spanish or a French painter? It does not matter, he was Picasso, whatever the influences surrounding him. He simply chose Paris because it was the ideal place for him to sell his creation.

The French have got to understand that a film is so expensive that it can no longer afford to be regional or even national in scope.

Today's cinema is a global art form, it is impossible to make movies for a market the size of France, representing no more than 4% of the world's total.

America is the only country capable of producing national movies: its culture has become a global culture.

When a French book becomes an international hit it is because of the author and not because of the language. The same goes for movies.

War scenes are less difficult than love scenes.