I do read some of the scripts from America and, even though the themes or subject of the film is very interesting, and some of the scenes are very interesting, there is a tendency that they have to explain everything. There will be no dilemma. This guy was evil, and this girl was very sweet. And in the end, we'd have to see eight endings because we'd also have to know what happened to the uncle. It's like, "Are you kidding me?!"

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.

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.

Once you do one bad guy, usually all you get offered is bad guys.

Sometimes you have a period piece where you have to research around it but, if the writers have done their homework well enough, the information is all in the script.

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.