There's no point living, if you can't feel alive.

I find the subject of childhood fascinating. I explored this subject in Speak to me of love and I am curious about portraying the often painful transition into the adult world.

Acting is wonderful therapy for people. Instead of suffering for yourself, someone will do it for you.

I think it's almost easier to make people cry than to make people laugh

I felt sometimes too responsible as an actor because people promote violence or weird things that I don't want to be part of.

Oh, I'm not English, I cannot talk on behalf of an English person. I'm French. I can say about French. They are quite emotional, though, and they talk about their emotions

To be honest I don't really know because I really didn't care when I was writing about mixing up reality with what was not reality.

You wouldn't kill me. You'd miss me.

Mel Gibson would not be a good James Bond

Acting is contained - you act for three months, then leave it - but writing is the act of creation. Writing is dangerous.

What I am interested in is the present time

Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass

What gets scary is when your self-worth is tied up in what strangers think of you.

All people have their blind side-their superstitions.

The line between what is known scientifically and what has to be assumed in order to support knowledge is impossible to draw. Memory itself is an internal rumour.

An idea is a curious thing. It will not work unless you do.

A half-truth does more mischief than a whole lie.

Someone had to change the world. And obviously I was the one for the job.

It's the comedies and thrillers that are successful. People love horror, but in thrillers. Once you speak of pain and suffering it's a different matter.

I think when people make a record with a goal in mind - like taking it to the next level or making them seem more mature - that gets in the way of writing great songs.

Each book can make a life or a fragment of it more beautiful.