“I believe that time destroys everything. You can take one beautiful apple, red. After a while, it becomes shrivelled and full of worms, just like what happens to us”

Love does not go away, it changes.

I live in Paris but I feel I am a daughter of Europe.

Beauty becomes alive and interesting when it’s habited.

Instead of going to the gym, I dress in black – a lot more practical and much more fun.

I come from a Catholic religion, but I’m not Catholic.

I like comedies, I like thrillers, I like love stories. Everything is beautiful; it depends if the film is good, who cares? Everything is interesting.

I didn’t have familiarity with children. I’m learning day after day, with her [daughter]. And what impresses me the most is that she, Deva, is an individual person. But in miniature, she seems to be a special effect.

If you have a script that’s not great, if you have a great director, you can make a great movie, but if you have a great script with a director who’s not good, never are you going to have a good movie.

I think the lawyers are such incredible actors. Can you imagine the performance they have to do every day?

I have always loved lipstick. For women, that love comes from our mother and grandmothers. It’s so natural for a woman to open up her mirror and apply lipstick.

We all need illusions. That’s why we love movies.

Personally, I find it romantic not to be with someone all the time; you don’t get used to someone or take them for granted.

After love, the man sleeps, while the woman reflects.

Do not hate the people who are jealous because they recognize that you are the best.

When people divorce, it’s always such a tragedy. At the same time, if people stay together it can be even worse.

I’m not a movie star. I’m just an actress.

This is good for you. Death is a thing of beauty, and it needs to be executed in such a way that does it justice.

A lot of ugly people hide behind beautiful eyes. A lot of things are only lies.

We need to see inside our souls the massive beauty of this world.

Misery only ever lingers on those who choose not to see the beauty in anyone, other than themselves.

Without the fog, London would not be a beautiful city. It is fog that gives it its magnificent amplitude its regular and massive blocks become grandiose in that mysterious mantle.

Women are beautiful. But some are made of hell.

The way that the water reflects off of her eyes, tells me a story of beautiful pain.

Optimism – the doctrine or belief that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly.