I have to be careful not to be too proud in life, because there is always room for improvement..

You're much better off as a love goddess to die around the age of 40..

My mother was Protestant, and in her mind life was more about work and obligations and responsibilities..

I like this other world, this forgetting of myself. The actor works in order to escape, not to find himself. You become an actor by leaving yourself,….

I learned so much from other actors and they definitely didn't treat me like some sex bomb or bimbo. I felt fully accepted in the regular movie world….

The only thing I was trying to portray was serenity. Also, innocence, vulnerability and elegance..

I'm very glad to have something to be passionate about. I can't imagine a life without passion..

The film was made in 1973. It was a golden time for people to experiment without risking, for example, AIDS. Today one has to be so much more careful….

Self confidence for me is a fragile fleece..

Back then I didn't think a woman like that, or a relationship like that, could exist with complete freedom and no jealousy or possessiveness. I thoug….

I am a divorced child, of divided, uncertain background. Within this division I - supposed fruit of their love - no longer exist. It happened nearly ….

I have a talent for happiness. I look with the eyes of a painter, and I see beauty..

Of course it's difficult to top a box office success like Emmanuelle, so it will always be my most important work. But that's nothing to be ashamed o….

No one has taken my heart in their hand. I haven't given it... I have lent myself, rented myself out, but never given myself..

As a painter you're responsible yourself, 100 percent. In film, you have the editor, the director, the other actors. It has the advantage of not bein….

Men still assume I must be like the girl I played in 'Emmanuelle.' John Wayne was never accused of killing people during his free time, but I'm forev….

I still have agents in France, Los Angeles and Amsterdam who call and suggest parts. I'd love to keep on doing both painting and acting until the end….

I love to invent - avoiding the truth. I need to dramatize..

I don't expect too much from the afterlife, I think that I know very well what pain is. When I think of the end of my life, I think mainly: I didn't ….