There is a new philosophy for weapons: it's more expensive to hurt people than to kill people. It's terrible. When you have a band of guys on the battlefield, if someone is dead, he's dead. If someone is injured then they have to take care of him, so six people are busy.

When I was a kid, I used to escape from my family with my imagination, and I kept this spirit into my adult life. This doesn't always happen. All children have imagination, but for some it doesn't carry over.

I write scripts by myself. It's not for everybody. It's someone's personal work. I need to be in love with the subject.

I've never made any concessions, so I am 100% responsible for my films. This makes me feel very proud.

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.

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.