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

War scenes are less difficult than love scenes.

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.

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 art of motion pictures is pictorial and language comes a distant second.

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.

To do the writing, I have to have time to do research.