In the States, I learned to fight for every idea. Sometimes, a director has to be a tyrant to keep the quality..

I'm very slow, and I do everything myself. I remember I spent three days to change the size of something I had sketched because I felt it was too sma….

I thought all I had to do was to buy a camera and become a film director. So when I left school I worked at a telephone company, which gave me the mo….

In France, I am so free. I have more freedom than most American directors could dare to even imagine..

It's always been pretty easy for me to exercise my imagination. The other part of the brain, the one that does mathematics, is a nightmare for me. It….

When I was a child, I had a ViewMaster, those red box glasses with little discs, so that you can see 3D images. They were my first steps in cinema. I….

If you make the right choice in casting, your work is nearly done already. You don't have to spend a lot of time directing the actors, because they'r….

In France, it's very suspect when you have a success..

I've never made any concessions, so I am 100% responsible for my films. This makes me feel very proud..

I think of a film as being like a toy train..