That’s not in any way, by any stretch of the imagination – even mine –. I wasn’t trying to build a big film career. He said, 'It’s a pleasure to arrive somewhere in this life as an unambitious guest.' I directed this movie as an unambitious guest. The Pope was this little old man about to die and the first thing he said, he got off the plane and there were microphones. There was a big to do with French writers saying, 'You must have a division between church and state.' They went out to the airport with signs, protesting. Because, some years ago, the Pope came to Paris. I didn’t want to do a movie that had, I won’t say unknown actors, but less than great actors.
