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

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.

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

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

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.

I make movies just as painters paint: I work where I can.

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.