[Cécile Maistre-Chabrol on her father François Maistre] 'He was basically a theater actor, with an aura, a strong presence, but he was from the Brecht school, not from the Actors Studio. He didn't have to get into or out of a character. Initially, moreover, my father did not want to be an actor: he wanted to do Normale Sup, then politics. But he liked texts, poetry and directing.'