Sometimes I've done small parts, like with Spike Lee, but it doesn't matter because you want to work with the director.

I've been working with good directors - the Wachowski brothers, Spike Lee, Terry Gilliam, Mel Gibson... I love American movies, but I love European movies, too, and I want to do both.

Irreversible is not glamorous at all. I try to do different things because I want to grow as an actress and I like to take risks.

If you have a script that's not great, if you have a great director, you can make a great movie, but if you have a great script with a director who's not good, never are you going to have a good movie.

I'm not someone that wants to control everything. I like to work with people that bring their talents to the project. So I like it when the makeup artist has a chance to do their work, when the dresser does their work, when the director does their work. They all come with stories and ideas to think about.

Sometimes it's more difficult to exist as a female lead, especially in action movies because all those men are around you. They take so much place.