138 Quotes by Juliette Binoche

I think the world would be much better if you always started the morning by calling the person you dreamt of during the night.

There was probably something as a child I wanted to express, something unsaid that I needed to share.

I need relationships, but sometimes when I am in one I feel claustrophobic. It is about feeling that I still have my freedom, that I have choices. I don't look back on the past because I like to live in the present. I know this makes some people think I probably never cared, but I need my freedom and I like to keep moving.

I think acting is about forgetting yourself in order to give the best of yourself. It's passing through you more than you're creating it. You're not the flower, but the vase which holds the flower.

I believe such illumination comes if you're open to the surprises the universe throws at you. You must be able to let go of the past, whatever success you may have seen, whatever your comfort, whatever your habits. To me, that's the key to loving life: Enabling yourself to step bravely into the unknown. Only there will you find yourself again.

For me, habit is just a synonym for death.

The strong is not the one who can put on the blades at a glance, and the one who is able to raise a smile from his knees!

Acting is like peeling an onion. You have to peel away each layer to reveal another.

I believe that being an actress or being involved in a movie has to be a life experience, otherwise why go for it? I have to change me, and I have to learn things, and I have to push me and my limits. By acting, I find a freedom inside of a prison in a way.