Juliette Binoche quotes - page 3

I'm not obsessed by looks. I think you can become a prisoner of your own image. (Juliette Binoche)
I sometimes feel like I could do another job. Anything. Maybe because as an actress you're playing different characters, everything feels possible. View quote
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When I'm in the movie, I'm entirely in the movie. When I'm on the set, I'm 200 per cent there; when I'm at home, I'm 200 per cent at home. View quote
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Choosing to be in the theatre was a way to put my roots down somewhere with other people. It was a way to choose a new family. View quote
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As an actor, I have to be fulfilled in the roles that I play; it has to be a journey for me to learn something or involve myself. View quote
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I like intensity. If it's too mellow, I feel like, bleah. I like intensity, because it's way of reaching spaces inside of you, and it's my need of knowledge, of knowing about myself regardless. View quote
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I would have loved to have met Marilyn Monroe and have dinner with her. View quote
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I move on stage differently. The more you act, anyway, the more you live, your perception of life becomes more and more accurate. View quote
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I want to make films that are political and social. Films with a message or an idea. Films that dare to ask. View quote
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Movies are open doors, and at every door, I change character and life. View quote
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I never really worked in Hollywood. Some American producers came to Europe to shoot films with me, so it's a different situation... It was not my aim. (Juliette Binoche)
I am not a woman staying at home. View quote
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I really don't think that the Oscar changed my career much because I didn't want it to. View quote
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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. View quote
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I don't believe in coincidence. View quote
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I've played journalists before Elles, and I have good friends who are journalists. I think being an actor is not very far from being a journalist. Because you investigate, you try to understand, you're asking questions, you're interested in the other. View quote
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As an actress we don't beat one another. It's whoever's right for the part. View quote
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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. View quote
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Usually I love preparing. It's really the time I prefer, because it's a time of reflection and of possibility of growth - to let it cook inside. View quote
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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. View quote
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It's never been my purpose to become an American icon, or more famous or richer. (Juliette Binoche)
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. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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I would say I'm humanly engaged. View quote
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