There was really nothing shocking in what Brigitte did, what was provocative was her natural sensuality.

You wouldn't ask Rodin to make an ugly sculpture, or me to make a film with an ugly woman.

I wanted to show a normal young girl whose only difference was that she behaved in the way a boy might, without any sense of guilt on a moral or sexual level.

There was really nothing shocking in what Brigitte did, what was provocative was her natural sensuality.

Youth has become a class.