Once I opened my eyes to the realities of life, I couldn't close them.

My looks mean nothing to me. If anything, they are a hindrance.

It is not easy to grow old in this business, when you are a woman above all, in the cinema.

Often, when you see yourself on the screen, you feel like a sweater that's been put through the washing machine. You have the impression of having done something full and luminous, and suddenly, when you see it on the screen, it's turned back into a tiny little thing.

My parents sent me to Montreal because I kept getting kicked out of school in France.

For me, I don't feel it is a success in the career to be the pretty woman; career success comes from being characters who tell us something about the truth.

I've just done a film in the United States. It's a thriller called 'A Crime', with Harvey Keitel, we play against each other, and it's so great to play in another language. But I'm definitely not American.