Coming from Paris, I'd really like to live in Rio. I think it's gotten better. It's not as violent. The economy is better. The middle class is rising.

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.

If the guy behind the camera is not good, the pictures are bad. It's still you, and it's the same lines and everything, but it doesn't work.

I come from an acting family, my father was an actor, and I had to fight my way and just create my own identity.

I think I'm actually more vulnerable than people imagine.

I think American audiences like gangster movies. It's part of the culture.

I think life is short, and you can't spend time doing things just to be on set to reassure yourself that people are not going to forget about you.