I want people to go to the movies. I am the man of the spectacle. I’m playing.

I don’t think that there would be more users if drugs were legalized.

With each film, i need an artistic challenge so I don’t get bored! I like to tackle challenges.

It’s easy to direct while acting; there’s one less person to argue with.

I don’t really know what is shocking. When you tell the story of a man who is beheaded, you have to show how they cut off his head. If you don’t, it’s like telling a dirty joke and leaving out the punch line.

To the audience it doesn’t really matter how much the director struggled with an actor. It’s the result that counts.

I can only say that whatever my life and work have been, I’m not envious of anyone-and this is my biggest satisfaction.

I admire actors for their infinite patience. That’s why they need all those trailers and all their crowd of people who pamper them. But it is a drag to get up sometimes at 4:30 in the morning and get into makeup, and wait forever until they call you onto the set.

I sometimes cry in the moments that are not necessarily dramatic or tragic in the films, often because of the music. I wonder whether it’s the music that has that effect on you in this film.

In Paris, one is always reminded of being a foreigner. If you park your car wrong, it is not the fact that it’s on the sidewalk that matters, but the fact that you speak with an accent.