As an actor, you think you have to go really far and deep and cry and yell to be good in a scene. Sometimes that’s not the point.
BERENICE BEJOAs an actor, you think you have to go really far and deep and cry and yell to be good in a scene. Sometimes that’s not the point.
BERENICE BEJOI read Gloria Swanson’s autobiography just because I wanted to know what it was like in the time.
BERENICE BEJOFor us, as actors, and even for the director, it gave us a sense of authenticity to what we were doing because we were talking about Hollywood and we were in Hollywood.
BERENICE BEJOMaybe I’ll put my iPod in two minutes before. But truly, I’ve listened to actors say that they loved to listen to music before a shot, and I really understand that now because it puts you in the mood and gives you energy.
BERENICE BEJOI guess I’m the perfect young lead actress. I’m not Chloe Sevigny – I’m not really a character actress. Some actors have “character” faces.
BERENICE BEJOI spent hours on the internet looking at how glamorous actresses winked and how they would put their hand on their waist, and I was told to look at how they would walk in a room and how her body takes place of everything.
BERENICE BEJOOf course, when you work on a character, you try to understand her. You feel that everything she does has a reason.
BERENICE BEJORight now I’m the most famous silent movie actress in the world and I want to keep that for me. So I hope there’s not going to be any other silent movies.
BERENICE BEJOI really enjoyed being Peppy Miller. She was an amazing character and her energy followed me everywhere. When I talk about her I want to be her again.
BERENICE BEJOThe difference between the extras here and in France is the French extras read books. Actually, they hide the book and pretend that they’re acting. Here (in Hollywood), you can see everybody wants his break.
BERENICE BEJOI feel very honored and special really. You can’t imagine, to arrive at the Oscars when you arrive so low, and you can’t go further than the Oscars.
BERENICE BEJOI tried to find a character and how I would be an American actress in the 30s. But if this was a talking movie [The Artist], I’m sure she would be exactly the same for me.
BERENICE BEJOEven in the very beginning when she would bump into George Valentine and people would start taking pictures of her, she never thought “I’m with George Valentine. I need to get a picture with him.” She’s like “oh that’s funny. Everyone’s taking pictures!”
BERENICE BEJOHere, you go to the supermarket and you have wipes to clean your hands before shopping. No, we don’t have that in France, but we recycle.
BERENICE BEJOSometimes we had to improvise. I hate to improvise because I felt like I couldn’t find words.
BERENICE BEJOI’m okay. Nobody’s bothering me. Everyone’s very kind, and very polite. I don’t feel like my whole life changed.
BERENICE BEJO