The best way to impress a woman is to be the most honest you can.

In France, if you have any sort of talent, you'd better keep it here. And if you're going to go abroad, it had better not be America. The old battle - American versus Frog cinema. It's ridiculous.

I can walk into a room and create a good ambience. I was taught all about this back when I studied acting. One of the things they would teach you is how to send out positive signals when you enter a room. I am glad I learned this.

But I will say that most comedians are the saddest people I know. That is the biggest paradox to me.

I'm a minimalist. I don't really need much to enjoy a good holiday - just my family and the bare essentials.

No women no kids - that's the rules.

Sometimes I take the watch, or I take the shoes, but usually the souvenir is to take the life you had with those directors, or the crew - the camera person, the lighting person. When you finish a film it's like a little death. You had a family for a bit, and you finish the movie and you probably will never see each other again.