I Am Still Very Surprised That I

Religion Works On Some People But Not On Everyone, Because It Says, 'stop Thinking And Accept What I Tell You.' That's Not Valid For People Who Want To Think And Reflect.

What I Am Trying To Say Is That It Is Not Without Any Value. The Value Of Copies Is That They Can Direct Us Towards The Original. I Was Recently At The Louvre Museum And I Was Filming People Who Were Viewing The Mona Lisa. I Noticed The Number Of Ordinary People, Astonished, Mouths Agape, Standing Still For Long Stretches Looking At The Work, And I Wondered, "where Does This Come From? Are These People All Art Connoisseurs?" They Are Like Me; Through The Years, We've Seen This Work In Our Schoolbooks Or Art History Books, But When We Stand Before The Original, We Hold Our Breath.

I Thought That Choosing A Non-professional Was A Condition For Me, Because It Would Allow Juliette To Have A Less-professional Way Of Acting. It Would Challenge Her Performance As A Professional Actress.

In The Total Darkness, Poetry Is Still There, And It Is There For You.

I Wasn't Searching For A Common Denominator - I Started Wondering About The Challenge Of Working In Other Cultures. What I Reached Was The Sudden Acknowledgment Of The Universal Aspect Of Filmmaking.