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" The best mother is the mother who adapts, and the best children are the children who adapt as well. "
Juliette Binoche
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" Acting is a tough business, and you need to be in good shape mentally and physically. "
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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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" I wanted to work with people from the world, with different minds and different visions. "
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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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" I never felt being an actor or making a movie was an easy thing to do. "
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" What makes a person sexy is when he's not trying to be sexy. "
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" People think actors have such glamorous lives, but the truth is actors go where nobody wants to go. "
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" Choosing to be in the theatre was a way to put my roots down somewhere with other people. It was a way to choose a new family. "
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" In a building with apartments, of course, you want to make connections. Life is easier that way. There's salt if you don't have salt; you can knock at someone's door, like in any city. But you know, you can hear the others, and you want to sleep, you get annoyed. "
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" When I won the Oscar, there was something telling me 'this isn't the truth'. I had to get back to real work. "
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" I think I am pretty much melancholic. "
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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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" Maybe it's because my mother divorced and my grandmother divorced, so maybe I'm frightened deep down. But then I also feel there is no real need. Why do I need to get married? To reassure me? No I don't need reassurance. "
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" I've played journalists before, and I have good friends who are journalists. I think being an actor is not very far from being a journalist. Because you investigate, you try to understand, you're asking questions, you're interested in the other. "
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" I think it's the same simple thing for everyone - to be happy, and have love in your life. "
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" I don't like films giving me answers. I like films that are provoking me, that are making me feel not only being in an easy place. "
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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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" 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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" Usually I love preparing. It's really the time I prefer, because it's a time of reflection and of possibility of growth - to let it cook inside. "
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