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" I never really worked in Hollywood. Some American producers came to Europe to shoot films with me, so it's a different situation... It was not my aim. "
Juliette Binoche
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Me
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" I am not a great French woman. George Sand, Marguerite Duras and Simone de Beauvoir are great French women. "
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" I would say I'm humanly engaged. "
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" You make your own path as an actor. Nobody does it for you, so you have to invent yourself. "
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" I think acting is about forgetting yourself in order to give the best of yourself. It's passing through you more than you're creating it. You're not the flower, but the vase which holds the flower. "
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" As an actress, I think there is always a political consciousness there. "
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" My only ambition is to be true every moment I am living. "
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" Oh, I'll be forgotten too, don't worry. "
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" Acting is a tough business, and you need to be in good shape mentally and physically. "
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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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" As an actor, I have to be fulfilled in the roles that I play; it has to be a journey for me to learn something or involve myself. "
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" I am not a woman staying at home. "
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" I'm not even aware of my success. Success is such an illusion. "
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" It's not a struggle to be on a diet. You feel lighter, and your spirit is lighter, too. But I love chocolate, and I allow myself to have chocolate. That doesn't go against a diet for me. "
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" The best mother is the mother who adapts, and the best children are the children who adapt as well. "
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" My private life is very private, and I have chosen not to live in America or England, where you are so exposed and can't fight against it. "
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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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" I want to make films that are political and social. Films with a message or an idea. Films that dare to ask. "
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" I don't believe in coincidence. "
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" I've been changed watching films or reading books or hearing music, and that helps you to live your life. "
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" I have stories that I'd like to maybe one day consider directing, but you need a lot of time to write and put it together. "
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" Acting is like peeling an onion. You have to peel away each layer to reveal another. "
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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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" I live for the present always. I accept this risk. I don't deny the past, but it's a page to turn. "
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" I'm very down-to-earth and accessible, I think. "
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" For me, acting goes to a special place; it's almost mystical. You have to let go of what you think is good; it's a jump into trust, and trying to reach without wanting too much. "
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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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" What I need is to express my passion for life... It's movement I'm interested in, the life in me, the life in humanity. "
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" I love the unknown. I think because it brings fear, and to embrace fear is the best feeling. "
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" I believe that being an actress or being involved in a movie has to be a life experience, otherwise why go for it? I have to change me, and I have to learn things, and I have to push me and my limits. By acting, I find a freedom inside of a prison in a way. "
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