I always feel this pressure of being a strong and independent icon of womanhood, and without making it look my whole life is revolving around some guy. But loving someone, and being loved means so much to me. We always make fun of it and stuff. But isn't everything we do in life a way to be loved a little more?

I don't know any woman in France who doesn't talk to firemen and smile at them, because they're always so sweet, and they're wearing those tight pants. Even my dad looks at their ass when they walk down the street!

My therapist in Paris once told me that being creative is a better form of therapy for me than sitting on his couch.

I always wanted to write a story about a couple coming to that moment in their relationship where either they keep on going or it ends.

It's easier for Europeans to give money to a movie that says a blow job is what brought down American democracy.

Never take no for an answer. It took me 20 years between the time I wrote my first screenplay and the time I actually got money to direct a movie.

The condition of being an actress can be unbearable.