Olivier Dahan — French Director born on June 26, 1967,

Olivier Dahan is a French film director and screenwriter. His third directed film, La Vie en rose, was one of the only French cinema films ever to win two Academy Awards, including the first acting Oscar in the French language... (wikipedia)

I started to think of Grace of Monaco as a metaphor for women in general.
I don't like the actors to work together beforehand. I trust my intuition, and I like when the actors are the same.
I don't read the critics.
The difficulty with telling stories about real people is you have to find a way of mixing yourself into the matter.
Cannes is a sort of gladiators' arena, and that's the fun part of it. When you accept to come here to open the festival, you know you are going to be criticised. I have no problem with the fact that I expose myself and the movie, and it's normal that I can disagree with the way some people feel.