“One of my favorite French films from the wartime is Les Enfants du paradis, Children of Paradise, with Jean-Louis Barrault and Marcel Herrand. There’s a scene in this film where Jean-Louis Barrault... He’s a mime... He sees Arletty and Pierre Brasseur, and he understands immediately they have an affair. And he’s still performing, and he’s got a smile on his face, but it cracks, and his white makeup cracks in that moment. It’s always about showing the crack and what happens behind the makeup.”