A director could be 20 years old and an actor 60, or vice versa; it doesn't matter. It's about connecting sensibility and energy together, and having a vision that goes together and anchors the film as you go along.

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.

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

Before I thought there was a common denominator between my films - as if all my characters were sisters - but I'm not so sure now.

I'm very down-to-earth and accessible, I think.

I take care of myself because I'm an actress and I have to take care of my body as it's my tool in order to give in films.

Being a famous actress may give you a sense of being important, but believe me, it's just an illusion.