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" Someone who is an artist can say, 'I can create and can make what I create disappear.' "
Isabelle Adjani
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" You must take the risk to disclose yourself in order to become more real, more human. And even if the price is high. "
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" I'm a public figure. It's up to me to take the initiative to explain things. It's my responsibility. "
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" American hypocrisy consists of thinking that everything is serious; French hypocrisy is to think that nothing is serious. "
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" My limits will be better marked. Both the limits I will set, and my own limits. "
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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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