I've always loved the idea of changing myself, wearing costumes and disguises. It takes you back to being a kid, to dressing up.

Perfection is not just about control, it is also about letting go.

People are more familiar with pictures of Jacques Mesrine that had been taken of him at the end of his life, when he was doing a lot of things with the media. So there's an iconic figure that people know, and I had to eventually get there; otherwise I guess the audience would have been disappointed. My only problem is that I'm a skinny guy, and it's very hard for me to put on weight.

I don't really shop any more. I only do it when I have to. I think it is very overrated.

I have a huge relationship with Brazil; it's almost a love affair, I would say. And to me, to introduce that specific martial art like capoeira in Hollywood movies was something important to me.

I was thinking of going to London drama schools or to New York, because France didn't accommodate the things I wanted to do in film.

To me, Sheitan movie is the answer to all the problems we have in France concerning immigration. That is a fake problem; people can actually work together and do something very interesting out of it.