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

When you create a movie, you create something in your image.

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 These are outdated concepts, totally out of touch with today's realities.

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

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.

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

The financing of my films has always been international.