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Sophie Marceau
French
Actress
About the author
When you direct your first film, you always start by telling stories that you are familiar with.
Sophie Marceau,
French
Actress
#Film
#First
Words, yes, formulating things, creating something from your heart, it is something very necessary, yes.
Sophie Marceau,
French
Actress
#Words
#Heart
You can perform all kind of characters but you cannot change what people feel for you.
Sophie Marceau,
French
Actress
#People
#Change
Genre aside, I'd like to make a film about people.
Sophie Marceau,
French
Actress
#Film
#People
And I think it's very rare to have good stories, well written comedies.
Sophie Marceau,
French
Actress
You know French means like sophisticated, well educated, so far.
Sophie Marceau,
French
Actress
Oh, I'm not English, I cannot talk on behalf of an English person. I'm French. I can say about French. They are quite emotional, though, and they talk about their emotions.
Sophie Marceau,
French
Actress
#Talk
#English
#Emotions
There is no doubt that this film is autobiographical, but at the same time it also tries to portray an ordinary couple in a language that everyone can understand.
Sophie Marceau,
French
Actress
#Time
#Film
#Language
#Doubt
It is something actresses need to go through and I think they look forward to being naked in a movie. I don't know why, but it is something you need to exhaust from yourself.
Sophie Marceau,
French
Actress
#Being
I'm a good storyteller.
Sophie Marceau,
French
Actress
I think it's almost easier to make people cry than to make people laugh.
Sophie Marceau,
French
Actress
#People
I just heard a very funny story about somebody who died yesterday, I'm sorry to say so but it was so absurd that you can't help laughing. And the person that was concerned about that story was laughing too.
Sophie Marceau,
French
Actress
#Help
#Funny
#Yesterday
I find the subject of childhood fascinating. I explored this subject in Speak to me of love and I am curious about portraying the often painful transition into the adult world.
Sophie Marceau,
French
Actress
#Love
#World
#Childhood
As you know it is a comedy so everything is a little bit pushed. That's what's funny about this kind of movie is you can laugh about the absurdity, and the bad side of life.
Sophie Marceau,
French
Actress
#Life
#Comedy
#Absurdity
#Funny
But the privileges that one has enjoyed and exploited can sometimes turn against you: nobody thinks of you as a director, you are always an actress.
Sophie Marceau,
French
Actress
Even if I think in English, it's more a language of acting than French.
Sophie Marceau,
French
Actress
#Acting
#English
#Language
So, sometimes, when I'm not happy with my performance and I have to think, I will think in English.
Sophie Marceau,
French
Actress
#Will
#English
#Performance
Mel Gibson would not be a good James Bond.
Sophie Marceau,
French
Actress
Well it is sometimes difficult to act in another language.
Sophie Marceau,
French
Actress
#Language
#Act
What I am interested in is the present time.
Sophie Marceau,
French
Actress
#Time
#Present