There is no doubt that this film is autobiographical, but at the same time it also tries to portray an ordinary couple in a language that everyone can understand.

I find the subject of childhood fascinating. I explored this subject in Speak to me of love and I am curious about portraying the often painful transition into the adult world.

Well it is sometimes difficult to act in another language.

Oh, I'm not English, I cannot talk on behalf of an English person. I'm French. I can say about French. They are quite emotional, though, and they talk about their emotions.

Acting is contained - you act for three months, then leave it - but writing is the act of creation. Writing is dangerous.

Acting is wonderful therapy for people. Instead of suffering for yourself, someone will do it for you.

All I will say is that I'm playing a lot of different roles that, to be honest, are more interesting and demanding than any I've played before.

And I think it's very rare to have good stories, well written comedies.

But the privileges that one has enjoyed and exploited can sometimes turn against you: nobody thinks of you as a director, you are always an actress.

Even if I think in English, it's more a language of acting than French.

Genre aside, I'd like to make a film about people.

I felt sometimes too responsible as an actor because people promote violence or weird things that I don't want to be part of.

I need the seasons to live to the rhythm of rain and sun.

I think I'm a tough person, but for sure, I would talk under torture.

I think it's almost easier to make people cry than to make people laugh.

I'm a good storyteller.

Mel Gibson would not be a good James Bond.

So, sometimes, when I'm not happy with my performance and I have to think, I will think in English.

What I am interested in is the present time.

When you direct your first film, you always start by telling stories that you are familiar with.