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" Sometimes when we think about femininity, we think also fragile. But I think you can be feminine and very strong. I think make-up goes with that femininity. I think it's a natural gesture for women and one they do more for themselves than for others. "

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" There is this thing in America where actresses reach 40 and go mad. The film industry wants all these young people. "

" In acting process, it's very difficult to explain. It's something very intimate, very private. "

" Being an actress is the sublimation of feminity. "

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" When I'm relaxed, jeans and a shirt are my uniform. "

" I'm not someone who wakes up at 6 A.M. to go to the gym. "

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" Just a touch of eyeliner and red lips is glamorous. "

" I've been working with good directors - the Wachowski brothers, Spike Lee, Terry Gilliam, Mel Gibson... I love American movies, but I love European movies, too, and I want to do both. "

" To be a lawyer was too boring for me, for my personality. "

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" I think the person creates the artist. And I think when you get lost within your person, your artistry get lost, too. It's like in 'Birdman.' Because the artist inside you is attached to your soul. And when you're not attached to yourself anymore, the soul goes away. You can't let that happen. "

" I believe that time destroys everything. You can take one beautiful apple, red. After a while, it becomes shrivelled and full of worms, just like what happens to us. "

" I know very well the difference between my image and who I am. "

" An actor works with their soul and their thought. "

" I'm a lucky person because I've been loved a lot. I have a great family. "

" For me, true beauty has nothing to do with wrinkles and everything to do with the fact that my maternal grandmother raised five children just after the war and remained a fighter throughout her life. True beauty is the slick of red lipstick my paternal grandmother would put on before going to church on Sunday. "

" I like when I have to act and direct; then, when you have to dub, you're by yourself in front of the wall, and I'm always scared that you're not good like when you are in real when you act. "

" When I have to go to Cannes, that is boring to me. "

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" I speak a little Portuguese, but my daughter speaks it better than me. I always feel that Italy is my home, but it is important for my husband that we also live in France. Sometimes we live as a family all together, but as we are two working actors, sometimes we have to be apart. Sometimes I'm shooting a movie; sometimes he is. "

" What's natural is beautiful, and when you're not you anymore, you become a caricature. "

" I love fairy tales because I think that behind fairy tales, there is always a meaning. "

" I'm not someone that wants to control everything. I like to work with people that bring their talents to the project. So I like it when the makeup artist has a chance to do their work, when the dresser does their work, when the director does their work. They all come with stories and ideas to think about. "

" When someone is suffering, you have to see this in the body and the face. I say all the time that actors use their bodies like objects of war. "

" Now, all the movies are for teenagers. It's very difficult for an actress to find really deep, beautiful characters to play. "

" Because I'm pretty, everybody thinks I'm stupid. But it is like a mask, and you have to break the mask to show that there is something else behind it. You have to show who you are to make the others come to discover you. "

" Mel is a great director because he's not just a director, he's an actor, so he knows how to direct actors. I loved working with him. He's great as a director. He's so intelligent. He's generous. I really loved him. "

" We had a moment in the '40s and '50s, where female characters were very strong in film, where these incredible roles were written for women like Joan Crawford, like Bette Davis. But then there was a space of time where - I don't know why - it wasn't like that. It became difficult for women to find certain roles after a certain age. "

" My body is an object of work. That's why I think to be an actor is one of the most violent jobs. If you're a pianist, you have your piano. If you're a guitarist, you have your guitar. But if you're a dancer, or you're an actor - your instrument is your body. "

" If a man sees a woman with red lipstick, he admires her, but often he won't feel like kissing her. "

" I do acupuncture. Because it really helps. It is the opposite of Botox. Botox blocks, and acupuncture moves. "

" I like comedies, I like thrillers, I like love stories. Everything is beautiful; it depends if the film is good, who cares? Everything is interesting. "