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.

As actors, we are so privileged to do what we do and to give to the world and to choose the subject we want to say to the world.

I would have loved to have met Marilyn Monroe and have dinner with her.

What I need is to express my passion for life... It's movement I'm interested in, the life in me, the life in humanity.

I was used to theatre classes. I studied with my mother; she was a theatre teacher and directed, too, so it was very family-like. Then I studied with a great teacher in Paris, and she was wonderful; she pushed me, but she was a warm soul.

A director could be 20 years old and an actor 60, or vice versa; it doesn't matter. It's about connecting sensibility and energy together, and having a vision that goes together and anchors the film as you go along.

I'm very down-to-earth and accessible, I think.