I'm never really nervous because I've done the maximum; now it's up to the audience to do its job.

France can compete with the Hollywood studios in terms of animation savoir-faire, but not in terms of box-office figures. France is a small country, and the Americans are the masters of the world - for cinema, it's true.

Fairy tales are my natural language. I feel at ease telling fairy tales like a fish feels in water. I am totally free.

I lost so much energy in taxis, planes, hotels, phone calls and interpreters. Now, with the help from my little successes, I do everything in the same place with everyone around me. That's how a good job gets done.

I'm never really nervous because I've done the maximum; now it's up to the audience to do its job.

I never seem to be able to sell my films correctly in the U.S. The U.S. defends itself on its own turf.

For me, the stereoscopic imagery was a new game to play with. Surprisingly enough, it's also a return to tradition. I'm back with paper-looking puppets moving about in several layers of theatrical backgrounds.