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" I talked about the persecution of Algerians and told about racism in my childhood. And it was as if, after that, I wasn't French anymore. "

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" Passion surprises. One doesn't search it. It can happen to you tomorrow. "

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" I take risks, but I don't lose respect for my real self. Because what's going to happen afterwards? How are you going to get back? Is there going to be a train, or will it be after midnight and you can't go home again? "

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" We can't forbid women from going to the beach because of a costume, even if it is rightly seen as neo-fundamentalist, backward, and shocking. "

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" I believe that when you work on yourself, you are attracted by different, more positive beings. "

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" There has also been much love, joy, evidence of admiration, there has never been one without the other. "

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" One is never ready for success. It consecrates and looses you at the same time. "

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" If my life hadn't itself been a modern adaptation of 'Les Atrides,' I probably would never have left the theatre. "

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" For me, being an actress is not just a profession but a profession of faith. "

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" There has already been the karmic work: that what life has transformed in me, this initiation brought on, of necessity, by trials. "

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" I went on French television for 20 minutes. It was very embarrassing to have to say, 'I'm not dead. I'm well. I'm not ill, and I don't have AIDS.' I hated doing it, because it was so insulting to those who really did have AIDS. "

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" Passion is very destructive. "

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" Simply, the majority of the most interesting filmmakers are the ones confronted with difficult situations. Their creativity blows a hole in the wall and lets in the light. "

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" It's exhilarating to read something that tells you that people saw something and felt something that you thought was so discreet. When they relate you to some of their own fantasies of who or how some actresses should be in movies. That's really kind of sweet! "

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" It's funny how people fantasise about your life sometimes. But it's so much quieter than they think. "

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" Algeria keeps me awake at night. What about you? "

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" When you hold a baby in your arms, you don't want to put it in a basket right away. You want to keep the baby close. "

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" I have no fear of being less beautiful, I've always been afraid of not being beautiful. "

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