I'm pretty good at gardening. It consumes my time, and it feels like I'm doing something constructive.

The French have the reputation of being arrogant. I don't think it's arrogance but a certain authenticity.

Well, capitalism is going to grow and grow. The nature of it is that the guy who has the most poker chips on the table has more leverage than everyone else. He can eventually outbluff everyone else and outraise everyone else at the table. That's what has happened and it needs to be corrected.

I was a pretty confident kid, even if it was all false bravado.

There's more of a family connection when you're working on a TV show. That's not to say that you don't make great connections when you're working on films, but it's different unless you're there working every day.

If you can't be proud of what you do, go and sell shoes. Do something else.

I am very straight-forward and direct. If I disagree with something, I say something about it.