When I was 20, I went to Paris and tried to meet French women. It didn't work.

When I arrived at Columbia, I gave up acting and became interested in all things French. French poetry, French history, French literature.

Even today, in our progressive times, in most movies that come out, the men have to have biceps and the women have to be thin or something.

I just like to do work that inspires me, and I don't pay any attention to whether it's a high- or low-budget movie.

I didn't want to just work within Hollywood when I started a production company. I wanted to be able to collaborate with great artists from all over the world.

I stopped getting nervous a long time ago, so any time I do get nervous, which is rare - about work, anyway - I always take that as a really good sign.