I was born 20 years after my eldest sister. I was the pampered child. That kind of love gives you an almost unbreakable backbone. My mother had three kids before me. She let me be completely free. I just never had anything to beat myself up over.

I was born in Paris in the mid-1960s, and by the time I was 12 I had started going to the movies by myself. Most of the movies of that period never appealed to me. I didn't like the 'naturalism,' the sad or the 'down-to-earth' characters. What I wanted from film was fantasy, dreams, funny situations, extravagant decor - and beautiful women.

My mother had morning sickness after I was born.

I was born in Washington, D.C., on February 19, 1941, the eldest of four sons.

I don't think I was born beautiful. I just think I was born me.

My mother had a lot of phobias. She's pregnant with me and she was a very phobic person. So I was born into phobia, basically.