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" When you make a film, it's a bet. You don't know how the film is going to be, anyway. "
Juliette Binoche
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" Sometimes I call directors. Sometimes I just meet with them. It just happens. It's not that I'm pushy. It comes naturally. But I go ahead. I don't stay in my armchair, waiting for the phone to ring. "
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" My aim was never to be an American star; otherwise, I would have moved to Los Angeles. "
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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 have stories that I'd like to maybe one day consider directing, but you need a lot of time to write and put it together. "
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" There was probably something as a child I wanted to express, something unsaid that I needed to share. "
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" Some words, you know, it's amazing but some words would come only in French, and when I speak French, it would only come in English. And so the adjustment is very difficult sometimes. "
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" I like travelling and if I have to come to Hollywood to make a movie I will, but otherwise I'd never move there. It's very much an industry town and that doesn't really interest me. "
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" I like intensity. If it's too mellow, I feel like, bleah. I like intensity, because it's way of reaching spaces inside of you, and it's my need of knowledge, of knowing about myself regardless. "
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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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" When you really put your heart in the work, you don't think of how you look. And I think that's the beauty of it. "
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" As an actor, I have to be fulfilled in the roles that I play; it has to be a journey for me to learn something or involve myself. "
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" The thing is that I never felt beautiful. I really never did. I think I can change my looks and be different things, but I've never thought of myself as this face. "
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" Acting is a tough business, and you need to be in good shape mentally and physically. "
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" Each new film is like a trial. Before I step in front of the camera, I do not know whether I am going to fall or whether I am going to fly - and that is exactly the way I want it to stay. "
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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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" I never really worked in Hollywood. Some American producers came to Europe to shoot films with me, so it's a different situation... It was not my aim. "
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" For me, habit is just a synonym for death. "
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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 live for the present always. I accept this risk. I don't deny the past, but it's a page to turn. "
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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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" I never felt being an actor or making a movie was an easy thing to do. "
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" I like being a mother, and I want to be involved in my work, so I have to make choices. If you're a film actress, your career is from 20 to 45, but you can still dream. "
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