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" Each new film is like a trial. Before I step in front of the camera, I do not know whether I am going to fall or whether I am going to fly - and that is exactly the way I want it to stay. "
Juliette Binoche
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" I was used to theatre classes. I studied with my mother; she was a theatre teacher and directed, too, so it was very family-like. Then I studied with a great teacher in Paris, and she was wonderful; she pushed me, but she was a warm soul. "
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" Before I thought there was a common denominator between my films - as if all my characters were sisters - but I'm not so sure now. "
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" There was probably something as a child I wanted to express, something unsaid that I needed to share. "
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" Sometimes I call directors. Sometimes I just meet with them. It just happens. It's not that I'm pushy. It comes naturally. But I go ahead. I don't stay in my armchair, waiting for the phone to ring. "
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