I've had a very productive life. I've worked very hard, I've never fallen prey to depression. I'm not sure I could have done all of that without being in psychoanalysis.

It's important to control yourself because life gets too complicated if you don't, but the impulse is often there for people. Some say society should be more open. That doesn't work either.

American films, it's a money-making industry. And in France, you can find great respect for cinema as art.

Where did we come from? Where are we going? Is there possibility of a group discount?

If my films make one more person miserable, I'll feel I have done my job.

It's funny. Maria Elena and I, we are meant for each other and not meant for each other, it's a contradiction.

Sex is like having dinner: sometimes you joke about the dishes, sometimes you take the meal seriously.