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" One believes that if nothing happens, one disappears. That is not true. "
Isabelle Adjani
Nothing
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" I took the test for AIDS. I began to hate people who were not sick. Those people are monsters, I would think, believing that they are well because of moral superiority, because they are good. I identified with the loneliness of the sick. I felt that there was something pure about them. "
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" People tell me I'm doing all these intense women and that I should lighten up. Then I do a comedy that I'm not happy with, and I think, 'Let's go back to heavy, heart-breaking drama; it's so much more fun.' "
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" I'm a very secretive person. That's how I grew up. My father was very secretive. "
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" I've suffered too much to hide my feelings. "
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" I like working emotions that can take you beyond your life. And yet you have to resist them in order remain within your life. Otherwise, you're burned. I like that fight. It's more of a fight with yourself. "
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" Before, for me, peace could have been synonymous with boredom. "
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