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I did theater as a kid, more of an after-school program. But every night I would put on a movie and fall asleep to it.

When I was younger and in primary school, I'd do maybe a film a year, and I had to adapt to being away from everyone for a couple of months.

I was thinking of going to London drama schools or to New York, because France didn't accommodate the things I wanted to do in film.

I never studied film formally at school, but as a kid, I spent most of my time in cinemas.

I would leave school and go to my theater class, and that's when I'd actually sit down and listen. I wouldn't pay attention in school, or I'd sing in class and get in trouble - I'd always get in trouble. Theater is the only thing I always came back to.

By the end of high school, I would do shows at the theater at night and then take the train home and go to school the next morning.

I was studying English, as you will, in the day, and five nights a week, I would be at the cinema. That continued throughout my 20s, which was also the 1980s - there was a lot of really good films coming out then.

I used to sit in school and dream about getting into films.

I really hated school and so I just wanted to stay home and watch 'I Love Lucy' and watch the movies that inspired me to the point where we are sitting here.

I remember being a student, and I would go every Friday to the Louvre and stay for ages, just walking around.