Sometimes we misunderstand what films can do. We just throw a whole book in there, with people just talking, talking, and talking. The picture can tell, the frame can tell.

One thing I can say about the French language is that no one in the world loves their language as much as they do.

I was a gymnast for many years before I was a dancer, so it comes in pretty handy when I do stunts.

I choose work with the people I like to work with.

If you're not bruised up, then you're not doing an action film in a real way.

Everybody wants a big crowd. You get amazed sometimes with certain things that millions of people are watching and you go, "Serious?! Really?!" And then, there are things that you really, really enjoy and not a lot of people are watching. It's very, very hard to predict how it works.

Machiavelli had some cold tricks for people who wanted to be demagogues and wanted to take over the world.