When Fred Astaire danced, everything in this world was perfect.

Jean-Luc Godard said that cinema is the truth 24 frames a second. I think cinema is lies 24 frames a second.

It was very hard to make 'Funny Face' in Paris because making movies is difficult and making a movie in a city that was glorious, that was unique and surprising, to get it, to put it on film you have to make choices and reject a lot of things so you're always wondering: "am I doing it right?"

I don't have too many friends. I have only a few people who I really love.

What we all like in life, I think, is the challenge of making something... that is not easy to do.

I started dancing when I saw Fred Astaire in 'Flying Down to Rio,' at approximately nine years old. Fred Astaire influenced me, more than anything, to be in 'show business.

I can still dance a little, yes, but I like singing better. It's more fun.