The silent film has a lot of meanings. The first part of the film is comic. It represents the burlesque feel of those silent films. But I think that the second part of the film is full of tenderness and emotion.

I also wanted to express the strength of cinema to hide reality, while being entertaining. Cinema can fill in the empty spaces of your life and your loneliness.

Cukor is one of my favorite directors. He was a master at directing women.

I'm more interested to show the darkest places of myself, and I don't joke about it.

When I start writing, the first line might come from reality, but the second and the third one, I have to write it. So this is the genesis of my creation. If I want to know what happens, if I want to find out the secret, I have to write it.

Each actor is a very different person, and each one has to be directed very differently.

I used this line to demonstrate how important colors are in movies: It's not a caprice.