I'm not ready to do any compromises for my work.
When I was a little girl, I loved monkeys. I wanted to be a primatologist. I went to the careers office to ask how. Because nobody could give me a good answer, I opted for acting.
Because I don't do five films a year, people maybe think that acting is not essential to my life. But if I worked any more than I do, I'd have no personal life.
I keep my wishes and dreams secret, like a child.
The Da Vinci Code' was a great experience and I was lucky to be chosen, but I don't like the pressure that goes with all these big things. I don't want to be any more famous at all.
I feel very French and I need my life here; I need all my friends and family.
I started off in this dreadful, vulgar film called 'The Libertine.' I was just learning. I needed the money.
I would like to work with people whose films I really like: Walter Salles, Woody Allen, Julio Medem.
I know what I'm worth as an actress: not the best in the world, but not bad either.
It was very difficult to go from relative anonymity to such huge success in such a short space of time.
I am not super-attached to my career.
I am always surprised to be chosen by a director for a role because I never understand why they like me.
When you look at the comedies that are out there, 99 per cent of the time, men are the heroes. It's often thought that a woman can't be funny, that women are supposed to be sexy, not funny.
I have several plan Bs: I want to become a sailor; I like to draw; I would love to learn many things, but I don't have time.
I like when an image could be just one of several others which would create a story. That you can imagine who are those people or what would happen before, what's going to be next; I like when there's a past and a future that we can imagine when we see photos.
I think for everybody celebrity, fame, is a dream. People see it as a blessing.
I think that when you have that really strong desire to work with someone it's because, instinctively, you feel you have a certain kinship.
In certain environments young adults can't choose their lives because of family pressure. In the bourgeoisie there is still a sense you will marry within that milieu.
I don't want to live in Los Angeles. The city depresses me! It is too flat. There are too many cars.
You are supposed to have a dream of walking the red carpet. But I'm really not like that. Because fame is... I don't think it is something interesting or precious.
