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I guess, being French, I love Hollywood.

I grew up watching a lot of French cinema.

I grew up on Bette Davis movies, and Marlene Dietrich, Marilyn Monroe.

I had always studied French and was obsessed with French films. I hated the way American films always had happy endings. I liked the way French films had dark and unpleasant characters; it was much more realistic.

I watch an awful lot of old Hollywood movies - I'll devour anything with Bette Davis or Joan Crawford. My absolute favourite is 'Sunset Boulevard' starring Gloria Swanson.

I love shooting French films because I don't have to stick with being sophisticated or stuck-up.

Sure, I watched a lot of Hollywood movies. Maybe I've seen more Hollywood movies than French movies.

All my life, I have loved and been inspired by French cinema, and as a studio head it has been my pride and joy to have the ability to bring movies to audiences around the world.

My favourite film is 'Le Diner de Cons,' a French movie.

I was born in Paris in the mid-1960s, and by the time I was 12 I had started going to the movies by myself. Most of the movies of that period never appealed to me. I didn't like the 'naturalism,' the sad or the 'down-to-earth' characters. What I wanted from film was fantasy, dreams, funny situations, extravagant decor - and beautiful women.