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

You have to put your ego aside as an actor. Or you're using your ego to tell the story. Your body is a part of a tool to tell the story. So if you feel something, it's wrong. It means you're not inside of the character.

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

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

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

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

I don't like films giving me answers. I like films that are provoking me, that are making me feel not only being in an easy place.