Film is like a personal diary, a notebook or a monologue by someone who tries to justify himself before a camera.

It makes me laugh when you bring two things together which have nothing to do with one another.

I am still associated with a heroic period in French cinema, and my name remains linked to this period.

Film is like a personal diary, a notebook or a monologue by someone who tries to justify himself before a camera.

ALPHA-60: Your name is written "Ivan Johnson," but it is pronounced "Lemmy Caution," Secret Agent Zero Zero Three of the Outlands. You are a threat to the security of Alphaville. CAUTION: I refuse to become what you call "normal." ... ALPHA-60: You cannot escape. The door is locked. CAUTION: Try to stop me, pal.

There is no more discovery. Not since the beginning of this century. There are new gadgets. New important gadgets.

I think laughter comes because things are hardly working.