A biography for Lea Seydouxhasn’t been written yet.
“In America it's good to show people you are fine, you're healthy, you're sporty, you're happy to do things, to live. And in France it's more like you don't have to show you have success.”
“Music was my first love, but it was difficult for me. It's something that I really love, but I didn't feel that I was so good at it. I can sing well, but I'm not a great singer. When I sing, I don't feel I'm expressing all the emotions.”
“When a director you admire says that he wants to work with you, it's always a compliment, very good for your ego.”
“I like to learn things from other cultures. I'm curious. It's exciting to be in an unknown world, in a way.”
“I don't like modernity. I don't have television or the Internet at home. The Internet scares me. I can't drive a car.”
“Male directors always project their own desire of women - how they want a woman to dress, to do her hair. With a woman director, it's more a projection of herself.”
“I find it hard to be joyful on screen because I'm so tense.”
“I see society as something dangerous, and you have to save yourself from the rules. I think acting is the way I save myself.”
“This is why I became an actress. So that people will take care of me. To be an actress is a refuge. You are taken everywhere, stay in wonderful hotels, everyone looks after you.”
“There are no nail salons in Paris - it is very expensive to do a manicure. I sometimes get one done.”
“I would love to take more risks - have pink hair - but it doesn't look right on me.”
“Even in between takes, you emerge yourself. So you don't have a life for six months.”
“It's true that French are not very sophisticated in the sense that they don't dress up for dinners. They are not like Americans, where they are always perfect - the girls are not very sporty; they don't take care of themselves as much as Americans, who always have very white teeth and are so fit.”
“I'm not reading reviews and critics. I don't care. I guess I'm still a little on my own planet.”