As an actor, you think you have to go really far and deep and cry and yell to be good in a scene. Sometimes that's not the point.

I think the approach of the character for us is the same in a silent movie as in a talking movie because we had balance, we had lines to learn.

I tried to find a character and how I would be an American actress in the 30s. But if this was a talking movie [The Artist], I'm sure she would be exactly the same for me.

Right now I'm the most famous silent movie actress in the world and I want to keep that for me. So I hope there's not going to be any other silent movies.

Of course, when you work on a character, you try to understand her. You feel that everything she does has a reason.

Sometimes we had to improvise. I hate to improvise because I felt like I couldn't find words.

Here, you go to the supermarket and you have wipes to clean your hands before shopping. No, we don't have that in France, but we recycle.