I wouldn't say I was a rebel as such, but I certainly wasn't right at school.

When I'm playing a part, I can feel all my body playing it; it's like really making love.

I feel better in my body now than when I was 20. Why not?

In Hollywood there's no real material. They would send me stuff, but I hadn't even seen the director. If I don't see the director's eyes, I'm not going. I'm not even going to pack my bags.

Today I would say, 'I am against plastic surgery.' It's a grave act. An act that touches our soul. It was frightening.

The body, in 'La Belle Noiseuse,' was the source of the artist's creativity.

I started acting without any vocation. I continued out of love.