We can bring to characters dark and bright sides that nobody even dreams about.

We did receive some questions about the film's [Aquarius] sexuality in Cannes, but they came from the press rather than audiences.

I'm not saying that we need more stories about people of a certain age, we just need more great stories about people.

It always surprises me when I see the director's versions of films released separately, long after the film's theatrical run.

Women at my age they are making love, they are feeling sensual, they flirt, they have boyfriends, they have a sexual life. They are just not being represented in the movies.

Sônia Braga reacted in a beautiful way to the draft I sent her, so we just made the film ["Aquarius"] as I had written it. Emilie [Lesclaux], my wife and producer, told me, "This is not a two-hour film. This is going to be longer." And I said, "Well, let's try and make it work, whatever length it is."

If you take away money, if you take away the houses and things, who are we really? What is love really about? What is it to love each other? Why do we stay together, and why do all the kids split? All these questions I have really deep inside of me.