My looks haven't prevented me from playing prostitutes or people broken by life. But when they need a token blonde with big breasts, that's OK, too. It's part of the game.

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

The body is an actor's tool, like the face, malleable. I never thought that being naked was immoral or outrageous.

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.

There are a lot of films where I play characters that are about the windows to the interior person rather than the exterior.

I played football when I was little. I didn't want to be an actress at all, I wanted to be a majorette in an Australian circus. That was my ambition.

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.