I am frivolous. Then I feel guilty..

What I do is I come in the morning and get involved in the character, but I'm always very pleased to leave it at night and have my life..

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

To have a public life, you still have the right to a private life..

Polanski was very precise. I think he still is..

I love to not work. I love to go to the movies, I like to travel... I think I work maybe half the year. Sometimes, people think I've done three films….

You're better off not preparing, because what you prepare will always be wrong..

Prostitution happens to you because of troubles you had. In reality no woman would choose to do that..

You get involved with a character after spending a long time waiting, and this demands a lot of energy and concentration..

To wait, for an actor, is not like someone who's waiting to see the doctor. It's not the kind of wait where you get bored..

I'm lucky; people write scripts for me..

I did important films when I was very young..

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

I admire Cate Blanchett and Kate Winslet. I like a lot of comedians. I like Cameron Diaz - she's funny and has a very light spirit. That's quite rare….

I was never a dangerous woman. I'm not the prissy blonde woman that could take your husband away..

On Belle de Jour, the producer was very protective. It was very hard for me..

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

There are relatively few role models for young people. We are in a society that is ruled by men..

Getting older is not nice for anyone, not for men, not for women, and even more difficult for people who depend on their physical appearance. But it'….

It's very difficult for me to speak about being an actor..

I go to the movies a lot, and I regret when I see some actor that I used to like, to find them offering no more surprises..