Juliette Binoche quotes

Juliette Binoche is a French actress acclaimed for her versatile performances in both European and Hollywood cinema. Her work spans a wide range of genres, from drama and romance to art-house films. She has won numerous prestigious awards, including an Academy Award and a BAFTA. Here are 85 of her quotes:

I am full of doubts ... Each new film is like a trial. Before I step in front of the camera, I do not know whether I am going to fall or whether I am going to fly - and that is exactly the way I want it to stay. (Juliette Binoche)
I am not a great French woman. George Sand, Marguerite Duras and Simone de Beauvoir are great French women. View quote
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I try to see my films just once. It's like a dream you've been through when it's been intense, and you just have to go through it once more just to make sure you've had it. View quote
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The strong is not the one who can put on the blades at a glance, and the one who is able to raise a smile from his knees! View quote
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What I love most about this crazy life is the adventure of it. View quote
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You must understand, I don't have to be happy to be happy. View quote
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Acting is like peeling an onion. You have to peel away each layer to reveal another. View quote
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I have been proposed to four times. Twice at the beginning of a relationship and twice at the end of a relationship. I've never said no. I just didn't give an answer! View quote
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Attraction is beyond our will or ideas sometimes. View quote
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I'm very down-to-earth and accessible, I think. View quote
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Movies are open doors, and at every door, I change character and life... I live for the present always. I accept this risk. I don't deny the past, but it's a page to turn. (Juliette Binoche)
I think acting is about forgetting yourself in order to give the best of yourself. It's passing through you more than you're creating it. You're not the flower, but the vase which holds the flower. View quote
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When you really put your heart in the work, you don't think of how you look. And I think that's the beauty of it. View quote
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I love the unknown. I think because it brings fear, and to embrace fear is the best feeling. View quote
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My only ambition is to be true every moment I am living. View quote
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I've been changed watching films or reading books or hearing music, and that helps you to live your life. View quote
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You make your own path as an actor. Nobody does it for you, so you have to invent yourself. View quote
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Being a famous actress may give you a sense of being important, but believe me, it's just an illusion. View quote
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Maybe it's because my mother divorced and my grandmother divorced, so maybe I'm frightened deep down. But then I also feel there is no real need. Why do I need to get married? To reassure me? No I don't need reassurance. View quote
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I don't like films giving me answers. I like films that are provoking me, that are making me feel not only being in an easy place. View quote
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What makes a person sexy is when he's not trying to be sexy. (Juliette Binoche)
If you have everything, then you don't want to go on. It's the lacking that makes you search for something better. View quote
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For me, habit is just a synonym for death. View quote
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But, you know, when I choose a film I need to believe in it and believe I can do something special with it, and after a while that means not trying to judge or analyze why I should do it. You have to follow this intuition thing, which is a mystery to me. View quote
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In films we see extremes, because it's where you have turning points. View quote
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Juliette Binoche

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Occupation: French Actress
Born: March 9, 1964
Quotes count: 85
Wikipedia: Juliette Binoche

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