Fairy tales have a hidden power, and their appeal never ends. They're the best way to get messages across.

People all over the world feed upon U.S. cinema and don't know about their own.

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

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 have a hidden power, and their appeal never ends. They're the best way to get messages across.

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

I'm a sorcerer because I start with nothing, and then, eventually, there is something. And I touch you, I move you, I make you laugh or cry, and you believe in what's happening on the screen, although I always show it's invented.