I make movies just as painters paint: I work where I can.

When Americans shoot movies they aim at the entire planet. When the French make movies, they aim at Paris.

I think it is a mistake to identify a movie according to its language, as if movies were literature.

Today's cinema is a global art form, it is impossible to make movies for a market the size of France, representing no more than 4% of the world's total.

The world distribution of French movies is a laughing matter. That is a fact.

When a French book becomes an international hit it is because of the author and not because of the language. The same goes for movies.