I like some of the early silent films because I love to watch how actors had to play then. What would interest me today is to do a silent film.

I live very normally, I go out with my friends, we go to the movies, I queue, we go to restaurants. Then if something happens to remind me that I'm an actress then I become a little different and things become a little heavy.

Directors have to push me. I have to be pushed up. Not all the time, but often.

I always try to keep that feeling of being on the edge. I'm afraid of knowing too well and seeming mechanical.

I think the clothes in Belle de Jour are very important to the style of the film. Even today, it is still timeless.

Being an actor means being an instrument for someone else. I want to give myself completely.

I admire directors so much, I find them incredible: they manage such a huge number of people of different characters, think of the money involved.