I Never Act. I Simply Bring Out

I Want To Work With People Who Are Good At What They Do, And People Who Are Passionate.

Mounting Those Red Stairs [in Cannes] Is Something I've Done With A Very Different Intention Many Times. So It's Interesting Any Time You Witness Those Shifts Of Perspective. The Beach Scenes Were Also Fun. It Felt Very Strange And Very Theatrical To Kind Of Commandeer It And Have La Mer Booming Over The Speakers.

When You Work On Anything, You Want To Find The Range Of Impulses - Which Ones Get Portrayed Is Another Question, But You Want To Have That Complexity And That Fullness, Even If You're Playing A Cartoon Character.

I Like To Work With People Of Different Cultures, Different Points Of View. But Yeah, I Feel Much More Comfortable. That's The Problem I Sometimes Have With Going To Hollywood. I Feel Like They Don't Share The Same Values As I Do. They Aren't Interested In The Same Things. It's Not Always True, But Sometimes, I Feel It Deeply, Because As An Industry, They Celebrate Things That I'm Less Interested In, And It's All About The Business.

While We Have A Very Strong Popular Culture, The Roots Of American Culture Are Very Shallow, And We Put Emphasis On How A Movie Does As Far As The Box Office Goes. Many Years Ago, It Would Have Been Vulgar To Print Box - Office Grosses In The Paper. Now The New York Times Does It, And It's The Big Story For People Interested In Arts And Entertainment On Monday. Which Is Why Emphasis Has Shifted Away From Filmmakers And Fallen On Movie Stars And Business People.