Film-making was not at all what I had expected.

I am not an actress. I can only play me - on and off the screen.

I have found out that friendship is quite as important as love and it isn't any easier than love.

If I upset some notions and went against established rules, that wasn't part of what I wanted to do. It wasn't my goal.

There is a French proverb: To live happy, live hidden. Where can Brigitte Bardot hide?

There is a certain dignity to being French.

Vadim was both my teacher and my husband. I placed myself entirely in his hands.