24 Quotes by Emmanuelle Seigner

I did great things in the theater. I did some nice roles, 'The Diving Bell and the Butterfly' or 'La Vie en Rose.' And I love my role in 'Frantic.'

In France, I guess there's something like a tyranny in mentalities - we accept success badly, beauty, money. People are certainly envious, and this creates negative energy. This is annoying. I suffered a great deal at one time. I had to fight harder than others. Add to that my marriage to Polanski.

I think age is just something written down on a piece of paper. I mean, you come across 20-year-olds who are like old people sometimes. I've never taken much account of age throughout my life - my own or anyone else's.

I don't like the idea of fitting into a mould so as to conform. What I like is the danger, the difference - being unpredictable.

There's a lot of good roles for men, always, and for very young girls. But for women, not so many.

When I did 'Frantic,' I didn't have a lot of experience. My English was so bad, and I did an OK job, I think, but I was not amazing.

My sister Mathilde is an actress, but more like a French Jennifer Aniston. She's famous just in France. She's very commercial and does big comedies. So, acting was part of my family, and that's how I was raised.

Acting in another language is great, and I've done that. But you can't do it as well as you can do it in your own language.

Everything in life, bad or good, makes you change and grow - happily, because if it didn't, we'd be machines.