Quotes by Melanie Laurent

About Melanie Laurent:

Mélanie Laurent is a French actress, model, director, singer and writer. She initially rose to prominence for her performance in the 2006 French drama film Don't Worry, I'm Fine for which she later won the César Award for Most Promising Actress and the Prix Romy Schneider as well. Laurent further became known to international audiences for her starring role as Shoshanna Dreyfus in Quentin Tarantino's 2009 film Inglourious Basterds, for which she won Best Actress from the Online Film Critics Society and the Austin Film Critics Association and then also starred in one of 2013's top-grossing Hollywood films, Now You See Me.
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The perfect life would be to have an amazing part every year and to spend all my free time to just write.

Melanie Laurent

Because I've made a film with such an amazing director as Tarantino, I'm much more conscious of working with good directors from now on, so that's what's important to me. I don't really care about making a big movie - I just want to make good ones.

Melanie Laurent

Everybody just asks me 'Are you going to make Hollywood movies now?' First, I don't know. Second, I never dreamed about that; I just dreamed about making movies with Tarantino. So if I can make movies with a lot of amazing directors - yes.

Melanie Laurent

The thing is, making movies as an actress, you learn so many things. Like when you're making a movie with Quentin Tarantino you're just at the best cinema school ever.

Melanie Laurent

I always choose my movie because of a director and a story and a, a character.

Melanie Laurent

It's so French to be a cat person.

Melanie Laurent

I think that everything is part of creativity - the more you create, the more you have ideas, and the more you meet people.

Melanie Laurent

There are a lot of French actresses who just hate me now. I've made enemies.

Melanie Laurent

For me, it was a lot of pressure to make another movie after 'Inglourious Basterds' because I didn't want to do something wrong. I wanted to have a beautiful project for another American movie.

Melanie Laurent

When I was a little girl my parents always told me do everything you want in an artistic way. If you want to draw, make a drawing. Just do it. And if you want to play piano, play piano. It was a very free childhood where everything was possible.

Melanie Laurent

I'm not a crazy old cat lady!

Melanie Laurent

France is an old country that needs to wake up.

Melanie Laurent

I'm not scared of growing old, I'm just scared of not achieving everything that I want to do.

Melanie Laurent

When you're an artist, there's always a moment in your life when you think you're not inspired and instead of doing things and instead of travel and instead of falling in love, you're just depressed, so you don't move, so you don't change. So you're ...

Melanie Laurent

I think I was, like, maybe frustrated for many years because I didn't try to direct. And since I made my movie I'm just like, 'It's great.'

Melanie Laurent

Sometimes you just work, you work, you work, and you have no life, no boyfriend, you have no more friends, no more nothing, you just make movies, and you're tired, and you don't know why. Then everybody says, 'Oh you are so lucky, you are working!' A...

Melanie Laurent

I like Chanel and Yves Saint Laurent. I have some great Balenciaga jackets and I'm shoe crazy.

Melanie Laurent

A good director has to be a captain - he has to work with a lot of people every day.

Melanie Laurent

When I think it's good not to say the truth, I don't say anything. I don't like actors in general, they lie, they are liars, trust me.

Melanie Laurent

It seems like the more you grow up the more you fear things.

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Author Bio

  • NameMelanie Laurent
  • DescriptionFrench actress, model, director, singer, and writer
  • BornFebruary 21, 1983
  • CountryFrance
  • ProfessionActor; Film Director; Screenwriter; Model
  • AwardsChevalier Des Arts Et Des Lettres?