By definition, acting is improvisation, even if you follow the lines. You invent what you do, when you do it.

In a very complex way, things have improved in the dramatic field. Before you had the good and the bad and you couldn't mingle them. Now it's more ambiguous.

I think being an actress is more how to cope with the fact that you can't do anything else than to express a talent. It's a way of being untalented for anything

Acting is a way of living out one's insanity.

I always thought that's the exact metaphor, the perfect metaphor for acting. To go blind, to ignore the danger, and to totally trust.

The Greeks already understood that there was more interest in portraying an unusual character than a usual character - that is the purpose of films and theatre.

For a long time I have compared cinema to music, I think cinema has a lot to do with the rhythm of music.

I like to take these unusual characters and then make them as normal as possible, because we all know that the tragedy and the abnormal always hides itself behind the normal.

For me, making films is like being on vacation, it's a nice walk. But theatre is like mountaineering. You never know whether you're going to fall off or make it to the top.

We all pretend to be very strong, and then in a fraction, you can just break down, at least for me.

A film is the reflection of the soul of its creator.

If he speaks again without me knowing who he is, I will throw him out of the window. And I won't open it first.

Our body talks to us, not in a language that you speak but the language that you feel

Be an individual, let out the self that hides away at the expense of others approval.

... to pause is to win & to rest can actually be part of the victory.

~Sometimes, when I want to take on the world, I try to remember that it's just as important to sit down and ask my son how he's feeling or talk to him about life.~

I'm no longer sceptical. I no longer have any doubt at all. I think climate change is the major challenge facing the world.

Arianna Huffington is unattractive both inside and out. I fully understand why her former husband left her for a man - he made a good decision.

If you're good enough, the referee doesn't matter.

I like to really respect the audience and let them come through on answers.

I've always believed the best measure of a product's worth is customer acceptance in the marketplace.