War scenes are less difficult than love scenes.

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.

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

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

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.

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