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 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.

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

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

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 think we're entering a new period of filmmaking that's analogous to switching from black-and-white to color, or from silent to sound. The medium is completely flexible, and it's not bound by anything. If you imagine something, you can do it.

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.