I don't believe in God. Just try getting a plumber on the weekend.

Everything is controlled by a small evil group to which, unfortunately, no one we know belongs.

Some drink deeply from the river of knowledge. Others only gargle.

Those who can't do, teach!

There are drawbacks in being famous too, but you can live with those. They're not life-threatening. If the paparazzi are outside your restaurant or your house - and actors make such a big thing of it and scurry into cars and drape things - you think they're going to be crucified or something. It's not a big deal. You can get used to that. It's not so terrible.

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

When I started out, I was a television writer, and we wrote a television show that was on live every week. And you didn't have the luxury of coming in and waiting to be inspired. You came in and you had to write. And you wrote, because it was going to be live on the air. So I can do that.