I just don't see very many films. Because I make them.

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

I think in most jobs, you get better as you get older. You gain experience, you gain knowledge.

Everyone loves to hate a spin doctor.

I wouldn't want you to see me all the time on the screen, because I get bored of it myself!

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.

In fact, in many ways my mother was quite hippy-dippy, serving macrobiotic food and reading 'Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.'