“I make movies about people in spiritual crisis because it's a way for ...” — Jodie Foster Quote

I make movies about people in spiritual crisis because it's a way for me to spend the time, the energy, the focus and the obsession to come to terms with my own spiritual crisis.

'Silence Of The Lambs' was not something people expected me to do.

I love European movies and I kind of grew up on European films.

Acting, for me, is exhausting. I'm always more energized by directing. It's more intense to direct. I can pop in and express myself, then pop out again. It's a huge passion for me.

Acting just happens to be my skill, but I think I would probably be just as happy being a technician or entering into the film business in some other way.

People talk about the energy crisis, but the worst future crisis may be in food.

The Obama Doctrine is to ignore an international crisis or go to war. There is no in between.

The Egyptian tomb was the outcome of the Mesopotamian influence and followed from the religious crisis the country had undergone.

We find ourselves in a difficult situation in Europe. There's a crisis, weak growth, unemployment... my duty is to ensure that by the end of my mandate France is in a better state than it was at the beginning.

Whenever there was a crisis, I found a man to help me take the edge off the feelings of helplessness and pain.