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

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

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

I'm not always the nicest person to meet, because I forget very easily that I'm an actress when I'm not working.

There are relatively few role models for young people. We are in a society that is ruled by men.

Bjork is a very original, interesting person. I like her very much.

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.