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

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

In France, it's very suspect when you have a success.

When you make something you like and audiences reject it, the experience can be painful. But I've discovered...that when you make something you aren't exactly satisfied with, and someone tells you it's great, that's even mor...e painful and frustrating.

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

I love science fiction but I don't like fantastic [cinema]. For example, if you have a magical ring and you can explode the world with it. What are we talking about? You know, it's not interesting. I don't like Lord of the Rings. Even Star Wars, for me, I don't understand this kind of story. But Alien, because the rules of the game are very precise, it could happen. I love science fiction. I have an idea about robots in the future.

It's always more interesting and more difficult to make something positive than negative. To be negative is very easy.