I'm quite neurotic, usually. But when it comes to work, I become extremely focused.

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.

...that tender compunction of the honest-minded, so different from the hateful intoxication of criminals...

You can’t hang out with negative people and live a positive life. Run from them!

I have a lot of anger about my childhood - being hard of hearing and my relationship with my father.

Life has no meaning but what we give it. I wish a few more of ye would give it a little.

The notion that the colonel need be a better man than the private is as confused as the notion that the keystone need be stronger than the coping stone.

My priority is to give the United States the kind of influence it should have.

Every time I think I've touched bottom as far as boredom is concerned, new vistas of ennui open up.

Cats are like insects. They should be left outside to clean up the garbage.

Don't ever admit you know a thing about cooking or it'll be used against you.

Turkey, Japan do great work because they can keep under control their little personal selfishness, egoism, jealousy, etc. when they get down to work.