There is a broad cultural current that conveys the idea that a film is like a football team, it represents a nation, it is illustrated literature, filmed radio. These are outdated concepts, totally out of touch with today's realities.

I think it is a mistake to identify a movie according to its language, as if movies were literature.

British actors behave like Europeans; they are also extremely well trained.

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.

When Americans shoot movies they aim at the entire planet. When the French make movies, they aim at Paris.

The world distribution of French movies is a laughing matter. That is a fact.

I had to choose between American and British actors, and it didn't take me more than a second to decide: Russians are Europeans and should be played by other Europeans.