You can't escape from what you are.

I have learned that acting is not about beauty.

Good guys need to be a little dirty otherwise they're just boring.

And now I have a big house, nice clothes and I travel in first class and I love it, so maybe it's time to enjoy being a star.

La Haine - first of all, it was the story of friendship. I was very close with Mathieu Kassovitz; he was somebody I met in the nights of Paris. And the hip-hop scene and all that... You know, it was very much about doing our own thing, and some of the subject matter was so close to what we knew and the people we were hanging out with.

I always compare human beings to animals. It's a nice way to figure out who they are.

The thing is, as an actor, I get bored a little bit. I love to act. And between action and cuts, when you work for somebody great, it's wonderful and I still love it. The moment where you create, that instant is still magic to me. But, all the rest, I get bored with it - all the waiting, and the fact that you have to make appearances, that you have to share your life.