It's now or never. This is simple to say, but then to live like that is not easy at all, I'm sorry. You have to be aware enough so that you can see situations as they pass in front of you and be able to catch the instant, whatever it is. Many times, you just don't see the moment when you were yawning and then it's too late.

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.

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

Steven Soderbergh really likes Irréversible, that's about all I can tell you. About the making, well, it was a very particular situation, because those people all know each other, and they're all big stars. I felt like the little French guy, really. And I was very flattered to be called on that, of course, but I felt like if I didn't find something to be a little original, different, particular in the movie, I would just disappear.

The only person standing in your way is you.

To work with somebody you love makes filming faster, more fun.

Blood, especially fake, and guns, this is bullshit. It works in the movie, but on set it doesn't work for me.