My inspiration is my life, what I see happening around me. It can be history and, quite often, plain traditional fairy tales. But I never adapt; I nourish myself with old stories, and then create my own tales.

No matter what the level of funding or success may be, there's always money missing, and you still want to have a gorgeous image, an endless cast and a flawless rendering.

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

I'd never make a film that I am not passionate about. My whole life, I've only made the films I wanted to make, even when I had limited means.

I've never made films for children. That's why children like my films. Nobody wants to be treated as a baby.

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

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