It is very fashionable for good-looking ladies to say how hard it is to be beautiful, but that's not true. There are times when itdepresses and bothers me to see just how easy things are made for a beautiful woman.

Truffaut loved actresses, and he was very intense. All the actresses I knew wanted to do a film with him.

Sometimes, just to give the impression that you have the strength and the vitality demands a lot. You can't always give that impression when you have heels and a wig on and it's 40 degrees outside.

I think I will always feel a special relationship with The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, because for me it was something very, very special. It was a modern opera, and to play the heroine in a film that became such a success at a young age, and learning from him when I was so young and impressionable - really it was one of my most important experiences.

I have no physical courage, I've asked for a double.

When you're young, you try to meet that expectation that people have of you. It can be very stressful. But with time it's become less of problem.

It's always difficult to play a scene of physical violence because you're always afraid that you don't know your own strength and might hurt someone.