138 Quotes by Juliette Binoche

"Before I thought there was a common denominator between my films - as if all my characters were sisters - but I'm not so sure now."

"As actors, we are so privileged to do what we do and to give to the world and to choose the subject we want to say to the world."

"But I think it's a little different in Europe, because 40 is really the best age for a woman. That's when we hit our peak and become this ripe fruit."

"Fighting the ageing process just doesn't work. I think that actresses, ultimately, are responsible for the faces we give to women."

"If you have everything, then you don't want to go on. It's the lacking that makes you search for something better."

"What I need is to express my passion for life... It's movement I'm interested in, the life in me, the life in humanity."

"When you make a film, it's a bet. You don't know how the film is going to be, anyway."

"Maybe it's because my mother divorced and my grandmother divorced, so maybe I'm frightened deep down. But then I also feel there is no real need. Why do I need to get married? To reassure me? No I don't need reassurance."

"But, you know, when I choose a film I need to believe in it and believe I can do something special with it, and after a while that means not trying to judge or analyze why I should do it. You have to follow this intuition thing, which is a mystery to me."

"Each new film is like a trial. Before I step in front of the camera, I do not know whether I am going to fall or whether I am going to fly - and that is exactly the way I want it to stay."