Yeah, I do all the stuff I can. Let’s be frank, if you are in an action film, you are not in it for the characters, you are in it for the action – the stunts. If they take that away from you, it’s a sad story. Ha ha! I have damaged everything: knees, elbows, ribs. But I’m an old gymnast. I know how to survive.

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

When you do a TV show, there's always the fear that it will become tired and you'll know exactly what's going to happen.

All actors have to believe that our characters have a point that makes sense. Hopefully, they make sense to the crowd watching it, but at least he has to make sense in his own mind, in his own universe.

I'm very dedicated to the things I do.

The physicality of any character is always split up into fast, slow, high energy, low energy, what kind of personality he has. So that's where the physicality comes in. And flying through the air is just something you have to do if they ask you.

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