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Ever since the movie premiered at Cannes, I’ve had a sudden surge of scripts and interest.

Berenice Bejo

For 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 BEJO

Directors Hollywood Talking
Ever since the movie premiered at Cannes, I’ve had a sudden surge of scripts and interest.
BERENICE BEJO

Cannes Interest Scripts
I 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 BEJO

Body Hands Looks
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 BEJO

Actors Sometimes Thinking
Right 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 BEJO

Actresses Famous Hope World
I 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 BEJO

Artist Character Talking
A character is never entirely white or black, there’s never entirely right or wrong. You have to realize sometimes you face something, and then you change your mind, or then you realize you were wrong.
BERENICE BEJO

Black Character White
Of course, when you work on a character, you try to understand her. You feel that everything she does has a reason.
BERENICE BEJO

Character Doe Trying
The 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 BEJO

Acting Book Differences
Marlene Dietrich for the way there was something so unique about her – the way she entered into a frame and everybody looks at her and the way she winks and looks up.
BERENICE BEJO

Looks Unique Way
Here, 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 BEJO

Hands Shopping Wipe
Sometimes we had to improvise. I hate to improvise because I felt like I couldn’t find words.
BERENICE BEJO

Hate Improvise Sometimes Words
I read Gloria Swanson’s autobiography just because I wanted to know what it was like in the time.
BERENICE BEJO

Autobiography Gloria Wanted
In France, it’s always about life, normal life. We always stick with these realistic things. So when French people are dreaming about American movies, they go and see the thrillers, and Westerns, and science fiction, huge entertaining movies.
BERENICE BEJO

Dream Fiction People
My parents were not pushy or anything like that. I think my mom was still expecting me to be an astronaut, but now she is very happy that I’m not doing that.
BERENICE BEJO

Mom Parent Thinking
I’m okay. Nobody’s bothering me. Everyone’s very kind, and very polite. I don’t feel like my whole life changed.
BERENICE BEJO

Changed Changing Kind Life

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