Kids in different countries know my movies by heart because they've seen them so many times. And wonderful returns never stop.

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.

I like to make people happy, and with fairy tales, I can say anything I want to, but in an agreeable way.

Kids in different countries know my movies by heart because they've seen them so many times. And wonderful returns never stop.

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

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.

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