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“When you make successful movies, everyone on set takes care of you, everybody is so nice and you disconnect from reality.”
“I think that everything is part of creativity - the more you create, the more you have ideas, and the more you meet people.”
“I'm not scared of growing old, I'm just scared of not achieving everything that I want to do.”
“I never took any theater lessons. So when I started to do movies, I was 14.”
“For me, it was a lot of pressure to make another movie after 'Inglourious Basterds' because I didn't want to do something wrong. I wanted to have a beautiful project for another American movie.”
“When I was a little girl my parents always told me do everything you want in an artistic way. If you want to draw, make a drawing. Just do it. And if you want to play piano, play piano. It was a very free childhood where everything was possible.”
“I like Chanel and Yves Saint Laurent. I have some great Balenciaga jackets and I'm shoe crazy.”
“I'm really confident. I had a perfect childhood. I had perfect parents and grandparents. They just love me, simply. So I have no fears.”
“It's so French to be a cat person.”
“When you're an artist, there's always a moment in your life when you think you're not inspired and instead of doing things and instead of travel and instead of falling in love, you're just depressed, so you don't move, so you don't change. So you're not inspired.”
“I think I was, like, maybe frustrated for many years because I didn't try to direct. And since I made my movie I'm just like, 'It's great.'”
“Every time I play in a movie, I never expect that it'll be huge. I don't like thinking about that, because it's so scary.”
“A good director has to be a captain - he has to work with a lot of people every day.”
“The thing is, making movies as an actress, you learn so many things. Like when you're making a movie with Quentin Tarantino you're just at the best cinema school ever.”
“I always choose my movie because of a director and a story and a, a character.”
“When I think it's good not to say the truth, I don't say anything. I don't like actors in general, they lie, they are liars, trust me.”
“I never practice before, I never work hours on a script. I just choose my characters and trust them, and after that, it's about the director taking your hand.”
“I didn't really want to act. Gerard Depardieu discovered me when I was 14 and asked if I wanted to make movies and I said, 'Why not?'”
“I want to continue to make beautiful movies. The most important thing is to be a part of beautiful stories, that's all I want. So I don't care if it's a Hollywood movie or an independent movie or a Spanish or American movie. I care about telling stories.”
“I'm in love with love, so I'm always taking risks! I think it's part of love, taking risks.”