To be a great director, what does it mean exactly? It's not only about a great director, but also about being able to rely on the very special chemistry that goes between them. It not only has to be a great director, but the great director has to make his relationship to you, the actor, very special.
Isabelle HuppertYou don't want to cry over yourself, you don't want to have compassion about yourself. It's not the right place.
Isabelle HuppertBut it wasn't just a technical approach towards the piano, studying the music for this film was also a way of approaching the soul of the film, because the film is really about the soul of Schubert and the soul of Bach.
Isabelle HuppertWe all pretend to be very strong, and then in a fraction, you can just break down, at least for me.
Isabelle HuppertSometimes you don't really understand the characters you do. I don't need to. Most of the behavior is obscure and I don't mind that. On the contrary, it's a fuel for me, to find out who the character is. As the spectator is finding out, I find out about the character myself.
Isabelle Huppert