13 Quotes by Maiwenn

I don't separate things out between what's personal and what's my work. My passion is personal.

For me, there are always things to learn. It's like the next movie is going to be the good one, you know.

There is an incompatibility between being glamorous, young and a woman and using my brain. The official version is there is no discrimination, and talent dominates, but that is not the case.

My work is through my emotions, so everything kind of goes together.

My real passion is to make movies, to direct. It's good for my ego to be an actress. It's like someone is saying, 'Yes, you're beautiful! Yes, you're doing fine!' But I feel like a child when I'm an actress.

The best way to direct kids is to be natural and honest.

I'm not clever enough or aware enough to make a political movie.

I need to be in front of my obstacle. I like to have a back dialogue; I like to talk with people; I like to share ideas.

Before I discovered moviemaking, I hadn't found anything where I could kind of galvanize or meld all of the things that I wanted to do.