I guess I'm the perfect young lead actress. I'm not Chloe Sevigny - I'm not really a character actress. Some actors have "character" faces.

Sometimes we had to improvise. I hate to improvise because I felt like I couldn't find words.

Right now I'm the most famous silent movie actress in the world and I want to keep that for me. So I hope there's not going to be any other silent movies.

I think the approach of the character for us is the same in a silent movie as in a talking movie because we had balance, we had lines to learn.

Ever since the movie premiered at Cannes, I've had a sudden surge of scripts and interest.

My parents were not pushy or anything like that. I think my mom was still expecting me to be an astronaut, but now she is very happy that I'm not doing that.

Marlene Dietrich for the way there was something so unique about her - the way she entered into a frame and everybody looks at her and the way she winks and looks up.

For us, as actors, and even for the director, it gave us a sense of authenticity to what we were doing because we were talking about Hollywood and we were in Hollywood.

I read Gloria Swanson's autobiography just because I wanted to know what it was like in the time.

I tried to find a character and how I would be an American actress in the 30s. But if this was a talking movie [The Artist], I'm sure she would be exactly the same for me.

Of course, when you work on a character, you try to understand her. You feel that everything she does has a reason.

Don’t trust your fears. They’re unfounded.

Dear God, Thank you for waking me up today and for your everlasting love and never ending mercy and for my blessed day ahead.

There's the trick: to find the way - whether forwards or back - to what we long to be.

The art of translation lies less in knowing the other language than in knowing your own.

The world is not full of evil because of those who do wrong. It is full of evil because of those who do nothing.

At my age...I'm going to do what I want and I haven't got time for anything else.

I'm a big Batman fan and got to be on the series Gotham.

Geometry is one and eternal shining in the mind of God

I say yes to almost anything that comes my way.