And I realized that directing actors is really important because that's what ends up on screen.

I don't want to go to the Bahamas on holiday. I hate islands. I want to go to Brittany, where it's cold and raining, and there's nothing fancy about it.

Too many women throw themselves into romance because they're afraid of being single, then start making compromises and losing their identity. I won't do that.

You can never replace anyone because everyone is made up of such beautiful specific details.

I'm an adaptable nomad. I love Paris, I've been living in Los Angeles and New York since 1990. I love London, too. My roots are inside of me.

I was six years old when I saw my first Godard movie, eight when I first experienced Bergman. I wanted to be a director when I was fourteen.

My therapist in Paris once told me that being creative is a better form of therapy for me than sitting on his couch.

Isn't everything we do in life a way to be loved a little more?

I can't really explain the feeling of acting. It makes you the most insecure you can possibly be.

Maybe I'm a bit of a psycho-but I'd rather be psycho than boring.

I like doing sequels. Basically, I think it's a fun thing to follow characters in time. In real time.

Embrace love while you have life.

I do not seek the good of others as a sanction for my right to exist, nor do I recognize the good of others as a justification for their seizure of my property or their destruction of my life.

If you wanna know the truth, you make or break my day. If you wanna know the truth, I wouldn't have it any other way.

Abstraction is itself an abstract word and has no single meaning ... Every word in our language is abstract, because it represents something else.

Act in such a way that you will be worthy of being happy.

To live with all my might, while I do live

There never appear more than five or six men of genius in an age, but if they were united the world could not stand before them.

Thank you for nothing.

She's in love, and that makes her strong. She'll need to be." "What makes you strong, Mia?" "Purpose. Love never worked for me.

I end not far from my going forth By picking the faded blue Of the last remaining aster flower To carry again to you.