When you speak about generosity, about something good we have inside ourselves, you're speaking to the majority.

In France, I am so free. I have more freedom than most American directors could dare to even imagine.

I think of a film as being like a toy train.

I hate to lose time on the set. On the set, you have to go at a good pace, because the clock is your master. For that reason, I have to know exactly what I'm trying to get beforehand.

I'm very slow, and I do everything myself. I remember I spent three days to change the size of something I had sketched because I felt it was too small.

When you speak about generosity, about something good we have inside ourselves, you're speaking to the majority.

This is one of the things I don't like so much about French cinema - we have tendency to concentrate on actors and dialogue and we don't care so much about the visual aspect. I love when you use all the elements at your disposal.