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

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

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

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

I'm less desperate now to express what's inside me, that's true - I act these days because it keeps me awake and interested, an eternal student.

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.

I stay in France. Better to be the queen of a village than a servant in a kingdom.