Of course I'd like to get beyond the concrete. But it's really difficult. Very difficult.

I have one good characteristic: I'm a pessimist, so I always imagine the worst - always. To me, the future is a black hole.

(When asked what a director does) I help.

Do people really want liberty, equality, fraternity? Is it not some manner of speaking?

In real life, there are names that surprise us because they don't seem to suit the person at all.

Of course, you could, no doubt, call my going to film school the biggest mistake I ever made.

We understand the concept of equality, that we all want to be equal. But I think this is absolutely not true. I don't think anybody really wants to be equal. Everybody wants to be more equal.