In France, it's always about life, normal life. We always stick with these realistic things. So when French people are dreaming about American movies, they go and see the thrillers, and Westerns, and science fiction, huge entertaining movies.
My influences come from real life. I'm not interested in cinema for cinema's sake. I'm interested in life - what one does and how one interacts.
Well, my books - I think one of the hallmarks of my thrillers is that they're based in reality.
I try to make music for people to relate to, and I like to keep it realistic.
I've always made music that was representative of real life.
When you have a movie about people landing from planet Neptune, you suspend disbelief. I totally get it. But I like doing things that happen in real life.
We live in a gray world, and I want to tell gray stories.
I like films that are about people and real, and honest films that are authentic depictions of real-world problems.