You're better off not preparing, because what you prepare will always be wrong.

Sometimes, if you're shooting a complicated scene, you have to stay in a position and wait for the technician to do his job, and then you have to be where you're supposed to be, right on the spot. You don't rehearse all that much on films. If I think of the amount of time I spend on set compared with the time spent shooting, it's ridiculously short.

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

I cannot imagine having a physical relationship with a woman. I have not done that. But I really love women.

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.

All women who kill or have sexual obsessions or who are prostitutes have trouble with their fathers.

You suffer as an actor. It's difficult to be an actor and live a good life, especially today.