I'm shy, paranoid, whatever word you want to use. I hate fame. I've done everything I can to avoid it.

The challenge for me is still to do something that hasn't been beaten into the movie going consciousness. Otherwise what am I in it for?

I don't like watching myself in the movies because I don't like being aware of the product. I like the process. I enjoy that.

My recipe for success is chance, basically. Just luck. It's a miracle that people still hire me after some of the stuff I've gotten away with. Honestly!

Growing old is unavoidable, but never growing up is possible. I believe you can retain certain things from your childhood if you protect them - certain traits, certain places where you don’t let the world go.

I found the evil in myself a long time ago, and I've accepted it. We're old friends.

The quality of life is so different in France. There is the possibility of living a simple life. I would never contemplate raising my daughter in LA. I would never raise any child there.