I've played journalists before Elles, and I have good friends who are journalists. I think being an actor is not very far from being a journalist. Because you investigate, you try to understand, you're asking questions, you're interested in the other.

But, you know, when I choose a film I need to believe in it and believe I can do something special with it, and after a while that means not trying to judge or analyze why I should do it. You have to follow this intuition thing, which is a mystery to me.

As an actress we don't beat one another. It's whoever's right for the part.

My private life is very private, and I have chosen not to live in America or England, where you are so exposed and can't fight against it.

I never really worked in Hollywood. Some American producers came to Europe to shoot films with me, so it's a different situation... It was not my aim.

I love the unknown. I think because it brings fear, and to embrace fear is the best feeling.

It's never been my purpose to become an American icon, or more famous or richer.