Berenice Bejo quotes

Bérénice Bejo is an Argentinian-born actress recognized internationally for her versatile performances in film. Her breakthrough role came with the Oscar-winning movie "The Artist," where she earned critical acclaim. She continues to impress audiences with her work in both French and international cinema. Here are 14 of her quotes:

I 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.

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I think the approach of the character for us is the same in a silent movie as in a talking movie because we had balance, we had lines to learn.

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I connected very much with all the work of Joan Crawford because she started as a flapper. She used to dance and sing and she was very cute. She had something that was so different from what she is at the end of her life and she started in the silent movies and then went into the talkies.

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Even 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!'

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Sometimes we had to improvise. I hate to improvise because I felt like I couldn't find words.

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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.

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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.

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People recognize me, I have scripts, and auditions. And I meet great people.

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

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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, you can see everybody wants his break.

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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.

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Maybe 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.

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