"I think anything that has to do with sexuality makes people very interested."

"I love vampire stories. That's why I did the movie. Women especially were taken with that movie-even more so when it came out on video."

"I have been involved in some films other actresses would not have done."

"It has been very erotic and provocative for people to wonder about my feelings for women."

"Marriage is obsolete and a trap."

"People don't know very much about me. They do not know what really goes on in my private life."

"I am frivolous. Then I feel guilty."

"It's always difficult to play a scene of physical violence because you're always afraid that you don't know your own strength and might hurt someone."

"I like some of the early silent films because I love to watch how actors had to play then. What would interest me today is to do a silent film."

"I think the clothes in Belle de Jour are very important to the style of the film. Even today, it is still timeless."

"I'm not an admirer of action movies. I just think, Oh my God, it must be so tiring."

"I have no physical courage, I've asked for a double."

"Bjork is a very original, interesting person. I like her very much."

"I like all these little animals that run and eat and hide all the time. I like their faces, They seem to be scared and curious at the same time."

"You suffer as an actor. It's difficult to be an actor and live a good life, especially today."

"I never hoped that both my children would become actors. I expected them to do something else."

"I've always been able to decide what was more important at different points in my life, but I never gave up personal things to work, never."

"I didn't devote my life to acting. I give a lot to my work, but my life has always been more important."

"I would have liked maybe to be in architecture or painting, something connected to the fine arts."

"I can be very critical on myself and on other people; I can be very demanding."

"When I first see the dailies, I look only at myself, but then you start to see the scene."

"A lot of actors don't like to see how they've done every day."

"Being an actor means being an instrument for someone else. I want to give myself completely."

"I have a strong sense of responsibility. I like to be directed, it's true. Iff I didn't like that, I'd do something else."

"People expect a lot more from someone they think looks interesting. It's a burden."

"I did important films when I was very young."

"I'm not always the nicest person to meet, because I forget very easily that I'm an actress when I'm not working."