I had a certain career as an actor that I think was quite personal as well, and had a lot of integrity, but I wasn't writing my own things or directing my own movies.
I don't make movies because I love to act. I make movies because I like to make movies, and I like to be a part of that process.
I don't direct so that I can have an identity and so I can go on to CGI movies. I had a big identity as an actor, and that's not what I'm looking for from directing. Directing is a whole different goal.
I think every movie changes me and is life changing, especially movies you direct.
It doesn't feel like a long time to me. My life is full. I have new priorities. I've been working a long time, so now I do movies for a different reason than I did for much of my career.
I think I'm drawn to films more as a director with a directorial mind even as an actor. I make movies to make the films, not to act.
The world is littered with movies about people that are depressed that either did not come out or are not successful.
I just want to make movies. I really love movies. I want to be involved with them.
I do almost all my movies in French. I dub them.