You could say that when you introduce humour to your work, you also step back a little from it. You create a distance

I am a man who likes to control things, and if I can't control them totally I will not control them at all.

If people do not laugh it's not comedy.

You know, I really do have some morals. I do actually care about people. And I do have a political standpoint.

I'm very proud of being persona non grata. I've never been that before in my life, and that suits me extremely wellI'm known for provocations, but I like provocations when they have a purpose. And this had no purpose whatsoever. Because I'm not Mel Gibson. I'm definitely not Mel Gibson.

A film should be like a rock in the shoe.

I come from a family of communist nudists. I was allowed to do or not do what I liked. My parents were not interested in whether I went to school or got drunk on white wine.