- He defends "popular" cinema, filming with very small budgets (EUR2000 to 2500 per film), and using unknown or non-professional actors. He calls himself "the director of the absurd".
- Patrick Moriau, a Belgian politician, once said "If one asked me to allocate part of the Walloon Community's finances to the Committee for Film Selection, the money would undoubtedly never go into Rousseau's pockets. He may be a kind man, but his films are frankly wild and scare people.".
- His life was supposed to be the subject of a Yann Moix film, called "Palme d'or", starring Benoît Poelvoorde.
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