[on Jean Gabin] Jean Gabin was mysterious enough, secret enough, but he was a great actor, and it's always agreeable to work with a great actor. When you're working with people of talent, matters go very easily.
[1987 comment on Brigitte Bardot] Brigitte bowled me over with a sort of insolent grace and her extraordinary ease. She was very young when I met her for the first time. She seemed to be dancing through life, dancing through her films. I think that she didn't really like it so much to be an actress . Celebrity weighed heavy on her.
