I've never had help from anyone, ever. I've never had this great director who saw themselves in me, because I'm a French woman in Hollywood. Who could identify with me as a successful director in Hollywood? Nobody. And the few people who could have been mentors, instead they just stole my ideas.

Maybe I'm a bit of a psycho-but I'd rather be psycho than boring.

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 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?

Some films do portray women in their 40s well, and some other films don't. Some films are written by women, so maybe there's a little more accuracy there.

I'm quite neurotic, usually. But when it comes to work, I become extremely focused.

And I realized that directing actors is really important because that's what ends up on screen.