I really like acting in French. It's actually quite different for me, from acting in English. It's fun acting in a foreign language. You're liberated or freed from preconceptions.

If you are a successful actor, which is what I am, then you tend to get labelled very quickly and easily.

I'm a bit of a Doubting Thomas - always worrying about things.

Making films can be absolutely fantastic, but it can also be incredibly dull. You spend the whole day sitting by yourself in your trailer and then you get called to deliver one sentence - then you're told to come back and do it again at 5:30 the following morning.

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

Films are just consumables.

I think I'm inspired mostly by other artists that aren't actors, like writers or singers or artists, for being so brave.