People look up to Jacques Mesrine as if he were a Robin Hood, stealing from the rich, but he never gave anything back to anybody.

I've always loved the idea of changing myself, wearing costumes and disguises. It takes you back to being a kid, to dressing up.

People pretend to be nice, people pretend to be smooth, and polite and everything, but this is only an appearance, because the way we're built as human beings is only in paradox and contradictions.

Perfection is not just about control, it is also about letting go.

Good guys need to be a little dirty otherwise they're just boring.

The only person standing in your way is you.

You can't escape from what you are.

I always had the sense of being in the spotlight, being on stage, being looked at.

I'm more attracted to the bad guys. Why? Because in real life, I don't know any good guys. I know okay guys. I know polite guys. I know people who can control themselves.

I don't really shop any more. I only do it when I have to. I think it is very overrated.

Cinema is entertainment, and people go to the movies because they want to feel good and forget about everything.

God never cease to exist because His invisibility is doubted.

He’s more how Satan would look if he needed to seduce you into drowning a baby.

There are things that tend to moderate with age. Schizophrenia is somewhat like that.

The world is devoted to physical science, because it believes theses discoveries will increase its capacity of luxury and self-indulgence. But the pursuit of science only leads to the insoluble.

**** the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!

It might be argued that genuine spontaneity is not really possible or desirable so long as printed scores of great works exist. All modern musicians are, for better or worse, prisoners of Gutenberg.

Given New York City's cultural diversity, it has always attracted creative people.

Los Angeles is a one-horse town. It's entirely driven by the entertainment business and that's what it is.

When we prohibit others from being different, we end up forfeiting our own right to Liberty.

There's something that doesn't make sense. Let's go and poke it with a stick.