“I want to work with a director who becomes my brother, my father, for two months. You give yourself over to that person.”
“I've never concerned myself with the labels people want to put on you. What matters to me is my own estimation.”
“I can't speak American dog very well. There was a lot of improvisation with Uggie - like when I put the dog on the table or sometimes I follow him, sometimes he follows me. I had a lot of treats in my pocket. We worked with Omar Von Muller, the dog trainer. It was very easy because it was a big movie.”
“I like simple things. I like being in my family in the South and playing petanque.”
“It was actually quite easy to work with Uggie, because he's a really well trained dog. Very talented. I just had to follow him a little bit, improvise a little bit. Sometimes he'd follow me. Especially because of the sausages I had in my pocket.”
“This is a universal, unique movie, it has potential to cross barriers. But we never thought about that on set, when we were doing the film. We knew that in making a silent movie, we were doing something a little bit under the wire, a bit interdit. It's a pastiche, but for the French taste, you would have thought.”
“I love dancing in general and making girls dance. My generation doesn't do it enough.”
“I don't really know Hollywood, but living and shooting in L.A. was very motivating, inspiring. The lights, the extras, their American faces, the energy, the Orpheum Theatre. It was all very inspiring.”
“I feel very at home in an empty church. I feel the most protected. It's very mystical.”
“For me, I loved it. I only want to make silent movies now.”