I can't just react on the strength of an email and three pages of synopsis, and say I'm going to take off for three months of my life.

I don't see my old films, but I think of the characters I played as friends, like the women I meet in my life who made strong impressions on me. I remember them and they are part of me.

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.

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

When you are happy and in love and when you have children, then maybe you are beautiful.

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.

After 10 years of French torture - psychological torture - it's great to do an American movie.