To me, the most poetic and intelligent way to bring up a subject is by showing very simply who you are and what you believe in.

Public people are definitely captives. It wasn't really my ambition, but that's what happened. If I could find another word that would be more precise, I'd tell that I'm captive of my need for acknowledgement. People ask me, "Isn't it terrible to be famous?" Not for me! I sort of need it. To be honest, I always enjoyed it. It's as if it gave me some structure. It's as if I needed someone else's eyes to look at myself.

I must represent France, and I want to be elegant, and I want the French people to be proud of me.

My mother was a classical pianist and my stepfather was an industrialist who was passionate about composing contemporary music.

In reality, I don't see myself as a man hunter. In fact, when it comes to love, I am rarely the one to make the first move.

Feminism is just like HIV awareness: It's not something we don't need anymore, it's something that is just as important as it was a few decades ago. It is a very important fight.

When I met Eric Clapton, I was a very young girl. I was 20 years old. And we were linked for a very short time, and then we became friends. And then we lost touch, which I'm really sorry about.