I love the French very much, and I think they know that. I've been adopted here. They treat me as one of their own.

Jacques Doillon wanted me to be in his film, 'La Fille Prodigue,' and there I was, expecting, for some reason, this great bearded man, when a splendid looking red-Indian style man appeared at my door. I said no to his film because I knew that if I said yes, I would run off with him.

I think there is an extreme charm in the French, and actually it's their bolshiness that makes them such fun.

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