When you see a silent movie, you understand everything that’s going on from the images because the images are so strong.

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 have no idea how I’m perceived in America because I don’t live the reality of America.

I know many beautiful people and their lives are just so terrible. They feel so uncomfortable with themselves. Being comfortable is not about what you look like, but how you feel.

After a while in marriage, it doesn’t work anymore. There is something missing, there is something wrong. There are few marriages that stay alive forever. We like something, and after a while, we hate what we used to love.

In acting process, it’s very difficult to explain. It’s something very intimate, very private.

I’m a lucky person because I’ve been loved a lot. I have a great family.

When I have to go to Cannes, that is boring to me.

An actor works with their soul and their thought.

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

Mel is a great director because he’s not just a director, he’s an actor, so he knows how to direct actors. I loved working with him. He’s great as a director. He’s so intelligent. He’s generous. I really loved him.

When you’re in front of the camera, for a small budget or a big budget movie, there’s no difference.

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

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.

Irreversible is not glamorous at all. I try to do different things because I want to grow as an actress and I like to take risks.

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.

When I eat with my friends, it is a moment of real pleasure, when I really enjoy my life.

Now, all the movies are for teenagers. It’s very difficult for an actress to find really deep, beautiful characters to play.

Envy is human nature.

I feel fine and comfortable with myself, but not because I’m beautiful.

In a couple, sometimes, one or both people have to give up their personal life, dreams and ambitions for the good of the family.

Sometimes it’s more difficult to exist as a female lead, especially in action movies because all those men are around you. They take so much place.

When I make an American movie it’s going to come out all over the world-it doesn’t happen the same way for an Italian film or a French film.

When a relationship doesn’t work anymore, it’s terrible to stay with someone that you don’t love.

When you see a silent movie, you understand everything that’s going on from the images because the images are so strong.

Time destroys everything.

It’s not the Jews that killed Christ. It was a political situation, and it was the Romans who killed Jesus. They put Jesus on the cross, not the Jews.