Acting is also working with people who invite you into their dreams and trust you with their innermost being.

I don't live that much with the character. I find it hard enough having to spend so many hours with the character during the day.

I am frivolous. Then I feel guilty.

This book was company for me - I wrote these things when I was in hotels, far from where I normally live. I never intended to publish it.

I didn't devote my life to acting. I give a lot to my work, but my life has always been more important.

People who know me know I'm strong, but I'm vulnerable.

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.