When I started out, I didn't have any desire to be an actress or to learn how to act. I just wanted to be famous.
My mother is an actress and very well known in France; hence, I move to London to start my own life.
I wouldn't call myself an actress, but I at the same time, if there is an opportunity... I believe in taking chances and living your life.
I don't think anyone has the right to intrude in your life, but they do. I would like people to separate the actress and the woman.
I've been in showbusiness all my life, but as an actress I have never been overly driven.
Cinema and, most of all, films have changed my life much more than theatre or television. And that is the reason why I'm an actress.
When I first became an actress, I expected to do regional and classical theater; I just love the whole creative process.
As an actress, it appeals to me because I love the idea of playing those in-between moments, the sort of behavioral stuff that one might not normally see.
I love actresses who are brave and don't do what's expected of them or don't play off how they look or take risks.
There's certain things I try to avoid, as an actress, just to keep my world from being as narrow as it could be.
I'm not always the nicest person to meet, because I forget very easily that I'm an actress when I'm not working.
Sure I faced the troubles and challenges that most actors and actresses face until they get noticed, but I was always confident of myself and my capabilities.
A ton of little girls I talk to, they want to be actresses or singers or models.
I know some actresses who used to be older than me who are now younger than me - I don't know how they do it.
I didn't want to be known as the reality-show star trying to be an actress, so I kept a lot of the failed auditions to myself.
An actress in a film starts every day with an hour and a half in front of a mirror, with hair and make-up and costumes.
I never felt that I should have taken a 'regular job;' I was always lucky enough to be in regular employment as an actress.
I guess I've sort of always wanted to be an actress, except when I was five, which, I did want to be the Queen of England.
There are lots of actresses I consider to be my icons, from Katharine Hepburn and Grace Kelly to Diane Keaton and Meryl Streep.
I only began to sing because I couldn't get a job as an actress.
I'm not sure if I want to direct a film, but certainly, as an actress, I'm always thinking, 'Surely this must be my last film.'