And I think it's very rare to have good stories, well written comedies.

You know French means like sophisticated, well educated, so far.

Genre aside, I'd like to make a film about people.

Even if I think in English, it's more a language of acting than French.

I think it's almost easier to make people cry than to make people laugh.

You can perform all kind of characters but you cannot change what people feel for you.

It is something actresses need to go through and I think they look forward to being naked in a movie. I don't know why, but it is something you need to exhaust from yourself.

Oh, I'm not English, I cannot talk on behalf of an English person. I'm French. I can say about French. They are quite emotional, though, and they talk about their emotions.

But the privileges that one has enjoyed and exploited can sometimes turn against you: nobody thinks of you as a director, you are always an actress.

There is no doubt that this film is autobiographical, but at the same time it also tries to portray an ordinary couple in a language that everyone can understand.

Well it is sometimes difficult to act in another language.

I just heard a very funny story about somebody who died yesterday, I'm sorry to say so but it was so absurd that you can't help laughing. And the person that was concerned about that story was laughing too.

Words, yes, formulating things, creating something from your heart, it is something very necessary, yes.

So, sometimes, when I'm not happy with my performance and I have to think, I will think in English.

As you know it is a comedy so everything is a little bit pushed. That's what's funny about this kind of movie is you can laugh about the absurdity, and the bad side of life.

I'm a good storyteller.

And I think it's very rare to have good stories, well written comedies.

Mel Gibson would not be a good James Bond.

What I am interested in is the present time.

When you direct your first film, you always start by telling stories that you are familiar with.

I find the subject of childhood fascinating. I explored this subject in Speak to me of love and I am curious about portraying the often painful transition into the adult world.

Acting is contained - you act for three months, then leave it - but writing is the act of creation. Writing is dangerous.

Acting is wonderful therapy for people. Instead of suffering for yourself, someone will do it for you.

All I will say is that I'm playing a lot of different roles that, to be honest, are more interesting and demanding than any I've played before.

I felt sometimes too responsible as an actor because people promote violence or weird things that I don't want to be part of.

I need the seasons to live to the rhythm of rain and sun.

I think I'm a tough person, but for sure, I would talk under torture.

I love sailing but hate cruise ships.

I would love to do some more comedy. I would love to do some silliness. I would love to do some characters that have greater vulnerability.

I don't like people cleaning my room.

We feel bound to the Christian image of humanity - that is what defines us. Those who do not accept this are in the wrong place here.

Argentine political life is like the life of an ant community or an African forest tribe: full of events, full of crisis and deaths, but life is always cyclical, and the year ends as it begins.

We celebrate the cherry tree not for its efficiency but for its effectiveness and for its beauty. Its materials are in constant flow and all those thousands of useless cherry blossoms look gorgeous. Then they fall to the ground and become soil again so theres no problem

I am skittish about relationships, as most of the marriages I've seen up close have been ruinous for one or both parties.

The death of my own son has made me more sensitive. It's made me more compassionate.

I felt betrayed by him, extremely betrayed. He made me believe that if I followed a certain protocol of supplements and different drugs that I could become number 1 in the world.

The lessons I learned from the dark days at Alibaba are that you've got to make your team have value, innovation, and vision. Also, if you don't give up, you still have a chance. And, when you are small, you have to be very focused and rely on your brain, not your strength.

Admiration and appreciation are two things that always have a positive effect on any person. But when showing how much you appreciate or appreciate someone, be specific in what you say.

Like father, like son

Our two major parties are actually called the Liberal Party and the Conservative Party.

I enjoyed playing around with that guy, and it was a pleasure every three, four years, coming back seeing how the wardrobe is. Is he heavy? Is he thin? I had fun.

The poison leaves bit by bit, not all at once. Be patient. You are healing.

I got invited to what's called the Gifting Suite in Toronto. I had the day off, so I thought I'd go and see what's what. You come out laden with wonderful stuff. Apparently, if you go to the Oscars, you get given things like iPads. Not that I'm in it for the swag.

Self-driving cars will enable car-sharing even in spread-out suburbs. A car will come to you just when you need it. And when you are done with it, the car will just drive away, so you won't even have to look for parking.

Music is moonlight in the gloomy night of life.

Our family suffers from a hereditary condition called, generally, mental illness. Specifically, multiple family members in successive generations have suffered from either bipolar disorder or schizophrenia.

As a film director and as film actors, you get used to a certain rhythm that's slow. But with TV, it's hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry. It's a different pace.

Concentration is the ability to think about absolutely nothing when it is absolutely necessary.

We all want to not repeat ourselves constantly, and explore the limits of our capabilities.