Choosing to be in the theatre was a way to put my roots down somewhere with other people. It was a way to choose a new family.

My private life is very private, and I have chosen not to live in America or England, where you are so exposed and can't fight against it.

Each new film is like a trial. Before I step in front of the camera, I do not know whether I am going to fall or whether I am going to fly - and that is exactly the way I want it to stay.

I've been changed watching films or reading books or hearing music, and that helps you to live your life.

There was probably something as a child I wanted to express, something unsaid that I needed to share.

The strong is not the one who can put on the blades at a glance, and the one who is able to raise a smile from his knees!

When I won the Oscar, there was something telling me 'this isn't the truth'. I had to get back to real work.