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

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.

There are moments when you feel that the desire to work is fading, and the only way to bring it back is to get away from it, to put yourself in a state of frustration so you feel the need again.

I was a very bad student. I didn't know what I wanted to do, but I knew I didn't want to go farther in school. I hated school and was always the bad one; I was always insulting the teachers.

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.

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