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I'm really drawn to European films.

I love European films in general. If I were to go to the movie store or something, that's what I like to see.

My early films were very European based. It was 'As It Is In Heaven,' 'Together,' they were great international successes, but then I did, I think, 60 movies or something.

I grew up watching a lot of French cinema.

I'm a European, and I live there. I work in European films, and then once in a while, I make an American movie.

When I went to university, I finally got exposed to European films, and they had a strong impact on me. I felt those films had a lot of things to say that weren't getting expressed in the films I was used to seeing.

In fact, it is amazing how much European films - Italian, French, German and English - have recovered a certain territory of the audience in their countries over the last few years.

Whereas European films have traditionally been able to go into adult relationships. I think there's a huge audience in America for those kinds of films.

My mom used to have a lot of European cinema playing in the house, so I'd catch bits and pieces of films.

In general, I almost always watch foreign films.