For years all I seemed to be doing was lobbying politicians and others to persuade them that European culture needed movies, and that we had to protect it.

It's almost scary how stylish things can look if you take the color out - how much more you see the essence of things and how much more something can appear elegant.

Filmmakers and critics wrote about each other and sometimes very harshly. This no longer exists.

I heard that Trump said even smelling a book makes him feel tired.

The Yanks have colonized our subconscious.

Cinema is a worldwide phenomenon.

On the contrary a film can promote the idea of change without any political message whatsoever but in its form and language can tell people that they can change their lives and contribute to progressive changes in the world.