Emmanuel Macron on the U.S. Electing a Female President & His Thoughts on 'Emily In Paris'

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00:00What's your favorite movie of all time?

00:02I love French movies of the 60s and 70s,

00:06perhaps 100,000 Dollars in the Sun

00:08or Le Deuxième Souffle.

00:10Les Tontons Flingueurs also, and some others.

00:12I love this period of the French cinema.

00:15What was your highlight from the Olympic Games?

00:18Léon Marchand, when he won these two gold medals

00:21in two hours' time.

00:23It was incredible, and he was not favorite for the second one.

00:26And in Judo as well,

00:28when we had the gold medal for the team

00:30after this incredible final with Japan

00:32and the victory of Denis Rilner.

00:33I think these two moments.

00:34If one day life tears you away from me

00:43I think everybody was emotional at this very moment.

00:46Obviously, I knew that it was Céline Dion,

00:48but it was a surprise, and you can feel the surprise

00:52in the audience when she appeared.

00:54This moment of the celebration of the ceremony

00:57and Céline Dion appearing suddenly in the Eiffel Tower

00:59I think created, on top of the song itself,

01:02a huge emotion.

01:03Montre ton plomb, plomb des oiseaux, des animaux

01:12She worked a lot, I know that.

01:13And be part of this French culture,

01:16and she took a lot of risks.

01:17I mean, she did great.

01:18So I'm extremely grateful to her.

01:22And I told her, for us, it meant a lot.

01:25What would be the best advice you would give

01:27to the L.A. Games organizers?

01:29Wow, I don't want to give any advice.

01:32I mean, just organize your games.

01:34Be yourself.

01:36There is this formula of Oscar Wilde.

01:38I mean, don't try to be the others.

01:40It's already taken.

01:41I mean, we did something unique

01:44because we wanted to make something unique.

01:47So do your own Olympic Games.

01:50Don't try to copy anything.

01:52And it's quite strict.

01:54You have a lot of restrictions and constraints

01:57in terms of organization

01:59because the Olympic Committee

02:02asks you a lot of things in terms of organization.

02:05But I think being creative,

02:07being in line with your identity, your history,

02:12even your paradoxes, but be yourself.

02:14Bonjour, Madame Macron.

02:16D'accord.

02:16Je suis Emily Cooper.

02:18Emily, c'est vous. Je la suis sur Instagram.

02:21Oui, oui. Oh, yes.

02:23J'adore your country.

02:24Brigitte's cameo in Emily in Paris.

02:26What did you think of that?

02:28I was super proud and she was very happy to do so.

02:31It's just a few minutes,

02:33but I think it was a very good moment first for her.

02:35I think she did appreciate the whole team.

02:37And this is for a very positive memory.

02:40And I think it's good for the image of France.

02:42I mean, Emily in Paris is super positive

02:44in terms of attractiveness for the country.

02:46So for my own business, it's a very good initiative.

02:49Did they try to get you?

02:52I'm less attractive than Brigitte.

02:55So the show now is moving to Rome.

02:57How is that possible?

02:58How did you get them back?

02:59Because we will fight hard

03:01and we will ask them to remain.

03:03Emily in Paris and Roma doesn't make sense.

03:05Exactly. It doesn't make any sense.

03:06I just have one question about Taylor Swift.

03:09What did the ERA tour mean to France's economy?

03:12She's part of this very few artists

03:15able to gather so many people.

03:16So it meant a lot.

03:18Happily, the organization in France went well.

03:20It was before the terrorist concerns.

03:22And she had some concerns being concealed

03:25in other parts of the continent.

03:28But I think for French people

03:31and for all the generations, for the economy

03:33and the cities where she appeared,

03:34it was absolutely unique.

03:36This is a phenomenon.

03:37Were you surprised that Joe Biden

03:39stepped out of the race?

03:40Yes.

03:42I was surprised and I think it was a personal choice.

03:45But I have a lot of respect

03:47because it's always a very difficult choice.

03:50And I do respect him and what he decided.

03:53He did it for the country

03:57and for a dynamic.

04:00But I didn't expect it.

04:01Do you think the US is ready

04:03to elect their first female president?

04:06I think the US is a great democracy.

04:07So they are ready to be innovative and move forward.

04:10And I have to say,

04:11it's not super innovative to elect a woman.

04:13She's just half of humanity and half of the country.

04:16Same on our side.

04:20Same on our side.

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