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I Watched A Lot Of Silent Directors Who Were Absolutely Great Like John Ford And Fritz Lang, Tod Browning, And Also Some Very Modern Directors Like The Coen Brothers. The Directors Take The Freedom Within Their Own Movies To Be Melodramatic Or Funny When They Chose To Be. They Do Whatever They Want And They Don't Care About The Genre.

Hollywood Is Much More Than America. Hollywood Belongs To All Of The Planet.

To Me The Recognition Of The Audience Is Part Of The Filmmaking Process. When You Make A Movie, It's For Them.

I Am Unusual For A Frenchman - I Have Absolutely Nothing Against The United States.

I Always Loved Silent Movies. I Was Not A Specialist, But I Loved Them. And When I Started Directing, I Became Really Fascinated By The Format - How It Works, The Device Of The Silent Movie. It's Not The Same Form Of Expression As A Talkie. The Lack Of Sounds Makes You Participate In The Storytelling