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

- Sylvia Kristel

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

- Sylvia Kristel

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

- Sylvia Kristel

Self confidence for me is a fragile fleece.

- Sylvia Kristel

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.

- Sylvia Kristel

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…

- Sylvia Kristel

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

- Sylvia Kristel

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

- Sylvia Kristel

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

- Sylvia Kristel