Acting is a way of living out one's insanity. |
I don't get many good offers. I like to follow the same kind of path I follow in France. If I don't feel the movie is very original or has a good amount of potential, I don't do it. In the films I've done I can feel I'm part of a specific universe, but those sorts of opportunities are quite rare. |
I'm standing all the way through the piece, very stiff like a tree, very much rooted in the earth, ... It's like she was wishing to die standing, to die alive. It's a strange feeling. |
I'm very happy. But when this sort of thing happens, it's best to have a certain detachment. |
If I seem detached or distant, it's because I think this is a more exact reproduction of life, where you hide as much as you show. When I see a scene in which feelings get loudly exteriorized, I say to myself, 'Well, at least this never happens to me.' I very rarely go through this type of expression. Most of the time things are hidden or at least much more subdued. |
It's more like breathing for me to act, |
It's not difficult; it's not a big effort. But it's a big effort for me to pursue what I want to do, so that's the effort. When I act, it's just a relief. It's just a respiration. |
My mom's a Catholic, and my dad's a Jew, and they didn't want anything to do with anything. |
outstanding contribution to cinema. |
Perhaps Europeans are a bit more skeptic whereas Americans are more believers. |
She's really quite talented, ... It was like she had been making movies all her life. There was no naivety or clumsiness. |
The story is very cruel and very sharp, |
Venice brings me luck. There is no great role without a great director, so from the bottom of my heart I thank Patrice. |
Yes, it happens very often that someone comes and gives you something, ... But not so many good ones, which makes it easier. |
Yes, that is true, ... A mutual friend of ours told me that Alexandra wanted to give me that script, so she didn't come out of nowhere. But it did take me a while before I read it. Then she insisted every morning and after a few months I read it and I thought, 'Oh my God, it's very good.' |