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" The body, in 'La Belle Noiseuse,' was the source of the artist's creativity. "

Emmanuelle Beart

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" I keep reading that I'm cold. But I'm not, I'm shy. And I play a lot of women of fire and sexuality like an animal - so I'm cold on one side and fiery on the other. "

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" I think my best work has been in France with great men. It's been my great fortune to work with really great men - with Olivier Assayas, Raoul Ruiz, Jacques Rivette. I am tutored by them. "

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" When I'm playing a part, I can feel all my body playing it; it's like really making love. "

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" The press follow me. I sue them. That's the deal. "

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" There are a lot of films where I play characters that are about the windows to the interior person rather than the exterior. "

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" I feel better in my body now than when I was 20. Why not? "

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" I don't give a damn about Hollywood. "

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" I stay in France. Better to be the queen of a village than a servant in a kingdom. "

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" Often, when you see yourself on the screen, you feel like a sweater that's been put through the washing machine. You have the impression of having done something full and luminous, and suddenly, when you see it on the screen, it's turned back into a tiny little thing. "

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" There is a phrase in French, which means 'to miss.' To pass by. To not be able to stop. You love someone and someone loves you, but it just can't work for different reasons. "

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" You may think of me as an object of desire and I'm going to tell you that I can be in front of you naked and not be erotic. "

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" I dream about singing. I would love to sing and write. "

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" I was a very bad student. I didn't know what I wanted to do, but I knew I didn't want to go farther in school. I hated school and was always the bad one; I was always insulting the teachers. "

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" When you are happy and in love and when you have children, then maybe you are beautiful. "

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" We've all had that fear, that despair of losing someone, or this fierce desire because it's not reciprocated. The less reciprocation there is, the more desire we have. "

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