I'm scared of rehearsals, I'm scared of doing all this because I don't feel like I'm an actress.

It's a great role for any age. Any actress wishes they would find a screenplay that means as much to them as "Aquarius" meant to me, as a person and a citizen.

I think of a movie as a human body. You can feel the pump of the heart and the blood going through the veins when you watch that scene.

I just realized the other day that Clara [in Aquarius] and I are now going to be apart year by year. She's still 65, and I'm 66 now. When you make a movie, it preserves you at a certain age, and it's so wonderful that Clara has preserved me at 65. People are talking about her age in a way that is positive and respectful, which is so wonderful.

It makes sense that somebody told you that you made the film from your perspective as a father.

When I wrote the script [of "Aquarius"], it seemed to hold people's interest.

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