Quotes by Eva Green

About Eva Green:

Eva Gaëlle Green is a French actress and model. She started her career in theatre before making her film debut in 2003 in Bernardo Bertolucci's controversial The Dreamers. She achieved international recognition when she appeared in Ridley Scott's Kingdom of Heaven (2005), and portrayed Vesper Lynd in the James Bond film Casino Royale (2006). In 2006, Green was awarded the BAFTA Rising Star Award.
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In this business actors who have Botox or surgery make you very aware of age. It's awful.

Eva Green

I love fashion from the 1930s and '40s - shoulder pads, high waists, things with structure. That is classy for me. Andrea Riseborough from the Madonna movie 'W.E.' had an amazing wardrobe.

Eva Green

There's this shop in New York I go to; it has bones and fossils and insects that are like works of art. I have a few on my wall.

Eva Green

For Tim Burton's birthday I gave him a rainbow beetle. He loved it!

Eva Green

I hardly ever go to parties. If I really have to, I'll go, but I'm not the most open person, which is sometimes not the best quality.

Eva Green

I think it's very important to recognize talent in all facets of filmmaking. Making a movie is such a lengthy and intense experience, so it's wonderful to honour actors, directors, producers and all crew members who put so much hard work and passion ...

Eva Green

I was born in Paris, and it's a beautiful place, but London feels like home. I like the village feeling, I like running in the parks - even the food isn't as bad as it used to be.

Eva Green

I'm French, so I'm quite lazy about exercising, and I smoke. But I do love going for a run in the morning with my dog. That's all.

Eva Green

I hope I will not be typecast as a Bond girl for the rest of my life. I'm very proud of being a part of the Bond family, but I don't want to be the sexy girl forever. I'm not meaning to complain, but I just want to be taken seriously.

Eva Green

Actually, when I'm not filming a movie, my beauty approach is really natural - I prefer a bare face that looks really healthy and dewy.

Eva Green

I'm very low-maintenance when it comes to my beauty routine.

Eva Green

I'm a dark blonde, yes. I dyed my hair blue, then black, when I was 14. I thought the colour was more flattering and matched my skin tone. I don't think I'd ever change back unless it was for a film.

Eva Green

I'm worried because of my mother, she's going to see my performance and she's quite hard. She's going to see me naked. And my Dad, woah. Yeah, they're going to see me like a woman, you know?

Eva Green

I am a dreamer. Seriously, I'm living on another planet.

Eva Green

I don't like flirting, and when I love someone, I always give everything, maybe too much. And then you have to work at it all the time. I mean, the first months are always great, but afterwards it becomes hard work. It's not as passionate and crazy.

Eva Green

At drama school, I always picked the really evil roles. It's a great way to deal with your everyday emotions.

Eva Green

Hmm, limelight... No, I'm not Sienna Miller or Angelina Jolie. I'm very lucky and happy, but I still find it very difficult to get good scripts and good roles. It's really a jungle out there.

Eva Green

It's very flattering to be remembered as a Bond girl with brains and not just for looking good in a bikini. I was a fan of Sophie Marceau in 'The World Is Not Enough.' I think her performance was very underrated.

Eva Green

England understands good Chinese, Japanese and Indian cuisine; in France, we just get French.

Eva Green

Life's too short to wear high heels.

Eva Green

Author Bio

  • NameEva Green
  • DescriptionFrench actress and model
  • BornJuly 6, 1980
  • CountryFrance
  • ProfessionComposer; Actor