I do consider myself as being French, I suppose.

I try to make films that I find exciting. It makes me want to get out of bed at five in the morning, have my make-up done and play for the rest of the day.

I'm a late developer.

French is a foreign language, but I've been speaking it since I was 18 so it's second nature to me.

My children are lovely. They're perfect.

There's something incredibly sexy about sand and sweat and dunes photographed like women's backs.

People will now go to films with subtitles, you know. They're not afraid of them. It's one of the upsides of text-messaging and e-mail. Maybe the only good thing to come of it.