When a French book becomes an international hit it is because of the author and not because of the language. The same goes for movies.

The world distribution of French movies is a laughing matter. That is a fact.

When Americans shoot movies they aim at the entire planet. When the French make movies, they aim at Paris.

I think it is a mistake to identify a movie according to its language, as if movies were literature.

The financing of my films has always been international.

When Picasso painted in Paris, was he a Spanish or a French painter? It does not matter, he was Picasso, whatever the influences surrounding him. He simply chose Paris because it was the ideal place for him to sell his creation.