I never go straight to the point if I can go the most difficult way. Why be simple when you can be complicated?

I love shooting French films because I don't have to stick with being sophisticated or stuck-up.

Exoticism can give you an edge: it makes people assume you're cleverer than you are and gives you the upper hand.

After a long time with someone, you realise you've been thinking for two.

French culture takes ageing very seriously. There's much less ageism than in Anglo-Saxon countries.

I still absolutely love 'The Sound of Music' and anything with Julie Andrews in it.

People are always saying, English, English, English rose, and I just feel so completely different.