I love silent cinema but don't hold it sacred. Like any branch of film there are some very boring films alongside the masterpieces.

To me the recognition of the audience is part of the filmmaking process. When you make a movie, it's for them.

I guess George Clooney would be a wonderful silent actor, and Leonardo DiCaprio is such a wonderful actor he certainly could do it.

I only have one obsession - not to be boring.

If you try to make a silent movie with a normal script and you just pull out the dialogue, you will have big problems with the actors because you will ask them to tell a story that you don't know.

I guess all the directors in France are influenced by Hitchcock, because he's the perfect visual director, in my eyes.

I am unusual for a Frenchman - I have absolutely nothing against the United States.

Sometimes when an actor says something almost perfect, but you know you have to edit it, if you tell them to change something immediately, it will come out great

But I don't think of myself as a foreigner or a Frenchman! I just think of myself as a director. Whether I'm French or Australian or whatever, it's really not important.

I make almost all the decisions on set and have to deal with all the financial aspects.

I want to thank three person: I want to thank Billy Wilder. I want to thank Billy Wilder. And I want to thank Billy Wilder.

What would happen if one woman told the truth about her life?The world would split open.

Staying alive was what we did to pass the time.

if this is a dream, then look in my eye's, am i asleep, no i'm alive, just can't believe that, this is my life, 'cause every moment is just so wild

All human wisdom is summed up in two words wait and hope.

I believe in prescription drugs. I believe in feeling better.

Keeping vigil over her are two monsters of very different breeds but monster just the same. Death on her left. Devil on her right.

the poet like an acrobat climbs on rime to a high wire of his own making.

Frank Sinatra said this great thing, that singing isn't about singing in tune, or great technical singing. It's about making people believe in the story you're telling.

The best advice is to avoid foods with health claims on the label, or better yet avoid foods with labels in the first place.

Women have a connection to life force and nurturing. They have a connection that men don't have. It doesn't mean one's better or more important, it's just a difference.