What makes a person sexy is when he's not trying to be sexy.

I am not a great French woman. George Sand, Marguerite Duras and Simone de Beauvoir are great French women.

There was probably something as a child I wanted to express, something unsaid that I needed to share.

In a building with apartments, of course, you want to make connections. Life is easier that way. There's salt if you don't have salt; you can knock at someone's door, like in any city. But you know, you can hear the others, and you want to sleep, you get annoyed.

You have to be very cautious about what you are doing for charity and things like that. I think you have to start with your life. I think that's what life is expecting you to do. In your family, in your surroundings, in your work life, in the people you're with, your relationships; how you behave and doing what you need to accomplish. That for me is being a hero every day of your life.

For me, acting goes to a special place; it's almost mystical. You have to let go of what you think is good; it's a jump into trust, and trying to reach without wanting too much.

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.