What I need is to express my passion for life... It's movement I'm interested in, the life in me, the life in humanity.

As actors, we are so privileged to do what we do and to give to the world and to choose the subject we want to say to the world.

I like independence, I like creating my own world, not being in a system. There are more possibilities, I think.

But I've never felt that being an actress is being in a comfortable place. It's seen from the outside that we're being driven in big cars and having these gorgeous suites and all of that. But come on, it's not about that.

The thing is that I never felt beautiful. I really never did. I think I can change my looks and be different things, but I've never thought of myself as this face.

I was used to theatre classes. I studied with my mother; she was a theatre teacher and directed, too, so it was very family-like. Then I studied with a great teacher in Paris, and she was wonderful; she pushed me, but she was a warm soul.

My aim was never to be an American star; otherwise, I would have moved to Los Angeles.