74 Quotes by Emmanuelle Beart

You may think of me as an object of desire and I’m going to tell you that I can be in front of you naked and not be erotic.

If I have one thing perfect, it’s my eyebrows. And my feet. I love my feet. They’re like Japanese feet. The rest I would like to hide. Especially my freckles. I feel ridiculous.

There is a phrase in French, which means ‘to miss.’ To pass by. To not be able to stop. You love someone and someone loves you, but it just can’t work for different reasons.

I’m trying my best to keep my private life guarded. It’s not easy at all. Non, non, non.

I don’t see my old films, but I think of the characters I played as friends, like the women I meet in my life who made strong impressions on me. I remember them and they are part of me.

The body is an actor’s tool, like the face, malleable. I never thought that being naked was immoral or outrageous.

Today I would say, ‘I am against plastic surgery.’ It’s a grave act. An act that touches our soul. It was frightening.

Sometimes you feel more naked when you’re totally dressed than the other way around.

For me, I don’t feel it is a success in the career to be the pretty woman; career success comes from being characters who tell us something about the truth.