In France, if you have any sort of talent, you'd better keep it here. And if you're going to go abroad, it had better not be America. The old battle - American versus Frog cinema. It's ridiculous.

I'm a minimalist. I don't really need much to enjoy a good holiday - just my family and the bare essentials.

The best way to impress a woman is to be the most honest you can.

Because I was born in Casablanca and my parents were from the south of Spain, I do not have a big central root in France. I feel French but in a few ways, not at all French.

No women no kids - that's the rules.

There is no heaven on Earth. Not now anyway.

Actually, I only have a few friends in real life. And when I say friends, I'm referring to those people who I've known since the 1960s.

Being proud and being nationalistic are, for me, completely different things.

But I will say that most comedians are the saddest people I know. That is the biggest paradox to me.

It is an actor's defect. I want everybody to like me, so I'll say what I think will please them.

I don't get the romances. I did try - a film called 'Roseanna's Grave' in the 1990s. I liked it. But the audience didn't come.

Yeah? You want to do some other worldly hanky panky? She laughed and almost fell off the couch. "Hanky Panky?" "Don't knock it till you try it

We live in a society where those that do the greatest damage to humanity and nature reap the greatest financial rewards.

If you have fallen down, you cannot go further down, so pick yourself up and aim high, you've got nothing to lose.

And I know, when things look the worst is when something new and wonderful is about to happen, if we can just hold on.

This boy needs a dog.What makes you say that?He needs someone or something to play with besides his phone and an old man and an old woman doddering around.

Capital has its rights, which are as worthy of protection as any other right.

You never know what movie I will be in next, but let's just hope it's sells (for my sake at least)!

It is important to expose yourself to ideas you don't agree with from time to time. Attend a political rally of a party you do not like.

One sure-fire way to stay creative: force yourself to learn something new.

The blessed spirits must be sought within the self which is common to all