Americans shocked me by their behavior and their narrow-mindedness.

I didn't really like being at college. It wasn't like it was Oxford and had been the most wonderful time of my life. It was really a dull, boring course I was stuck on.

Lose your dreams and you might lose your mind.

Only a madman or an actor would want to be President of the United States.

Of course, I do occasionally arouse primeval instincts, but I mean, most men can do that. They can't do it to so many. I just happen to be able to do it to several thousand people. It's fun to do that.

I wasn't taking so many drugs that it was messing up my creative processes. It was a very good period, 1968 - there was a good feeling in the air. It was a very creative period for everyone.

Movies in this country, its very complicated, and we could bang on about it forever, but the French movie industry is very different because its very obviously French.