I am not a great French woman. George Sand, Marguerite Duras and Simone de Beauvoir are great French women.

What I love most about this crazy life is the adventure of it.

I want to make films that are political and social. Films with a message or an idea. Films that dare to ask.

I never really worked in Hollywood. Some American producers came to Europe to shoot films with me, so it's a different situation... It was not my aim.

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!

I'm not obsessed by looks. I think you can become a prisoner of your own image.

I try to see my films just once. It's like a dream you've been through when it's been intense, and you just have to go through it once more just to make sure you've had it.