“A lot of actors don't like to see how they've done every day.”

“Actors have to be there and do the work, and that's enough.”

“Being a film actor is very different from a theatre actor.”

“Being an actor means being an instrument for someone else. I want to give myself completely.”

“Being an actress is a very physical thing. If I didn't look the way I looked, I would never have started in films.”

“Bjork is a very original, interesting person. I like her very much.”

“Cinema is still a very young art form with extraordinary techniques and very impressive special effects but sometimes it seems the soul has been taken out of things.”

“Directors have to push me. I have to be pushed up. Not all the time, but often.”

“I admire directors so much, I find them incredible: they manage such a huge number of people of different characters, think of the money involved.”

“I always try to keep that feeling of being on the edge. I'm afraid of knowing too well and seeming mechanical.”

“I can be very critical on myself and on other people; I can be very demanding.”

“I did important films when I was very young.”

“I didn't devote my life to acting. I give a lot to my work, but my life has always been more important.”

“I don't live that much with the character. I find it hard enough having to spend so many hours with the character during the day.”

“I get irritated, nervous, very tense or stressed, but never bored.”

“I go to the movies a lot, and I regret when I see some actor that I used to like, to find them offering no more surprises.”

“I had mice that I kept as pets when I was very young, and I've always liked the way they look. Even rats. I'm not scared of them.”

“I have a strong sense of responsibility. I like to be directed, it's true. If I didn't like that, I'd do something else.”

“I have no physical courage, I've asked for a double.”

“I like all these little animals that run and eat and hide all the time. I like their faces, They seem to be scared and curious at the same time.”

“I like being famous when it's convenient for me and completely anonymous when it's not.”

“I like some of the early silent films because I love to watch how actors had to play then. What would interest me today is to do a silent film.”

“I live very normally, I go out with my friends, we go to the movies, I queue, we go to restaurants.”

“I love to do very long and complicated scenes.”

“I love to not work. I like to travel. I work maybe half the year, no more.”

“I never hoped that both my children would become actors. I expected them to do something else.”

“I think the clothes in Belle de Jour are very important to the style of the film. Even today, it is still timeless.”

“I would have liked maybe to be in architecture or painting, something connected to the fine arts.”

“I wouldn't say no to being in a film with Jude Law. I love English actors.”

“I'm not always the nicest person to meet, because I forget very easily that I'm an actress when I'm not working.”

“I'm not an admirer of action movies. I just think, Oh my God, it must be so tiring.”

“In America you need a bodyguard to go out.”

“It's always difficult to play a scene of physical violence because you're always afraid that you don't know your own strength and might hurt someone.”

“It's very difficult for me to speak about being an actor.”

“I've always been able to decide what was more important at different points in my life, but I never gave up personal things to work, never.”

“Love is suffering. One side always loves more.”

“Mississippi Mermaid was a very special experience because we only had the dialogues for the scenes we were shooting the night before.”

“On Belle de Jour, the producer was very protective. It was very hard for me.”

“Opportunities are often things you haven't noticed the first time around.”

“People expect a lot more from someone they think looks interesting. It's a burden.”

“People who know me know I'm strong, but I'm vulnerable.”

“Polanski was very precise. I think he still is.”

“Sometimes it's more difficult to do very simple, low-key films.”

“That's what I like about film-it can be bizarre, classic, normal, romantic. Cinema is to me the most versatile thing.”

“The story is more important to me than the part.”

“This book was company for me - I wrote these things when I was in hotels, far from where I normally live. I never intended to publish it.”

“To wait, for an actor, is not like someone who's waiting to see the doctor. It's not the kind of wait where you get bored.”

“Truffaut loved actresses, and he was very intense. All the actresses I knew wanted to do a film with him.”

“When I first see the dailies, I look only at myself, but then you start to see the scene.”

“You can express a lot of things, a lot of action without speaking.”

“You get involved with a character after spending a long time waiting, and this demands a lot of energy and concentration.”

“You suffer as an actor. It's difficult to be an actor and live a good life, especially today.”