All of my films are based on personal experiences and beliefs. Many of my heroes are my spokespeople - and some are not!

If I need something, I just draw it, have a few friends make it move, and it exists. I enjoy this strange power. I try to be a good sorcerer, though.

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

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.

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

I've always felt that I've made films, period. I wanted to leave the "ghetto." And here I am, I'm out.

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