Carole Bouquet quotes

Carole Bouquet is a renowned French actress and fashion model, celebrated for her work in both European and international cinema. Her performances in films such as "That Obscure Object of Desire" and as a Bond girl in "For Your Eyes Only" have earned her critical acclaim. She continues to be recognized as a symbol of elegance and talent in the world of film. Here are 14 of her quotes:

The first wine I drank, a Chateau Haut-Brion, I was 22, it was my first glass of wine, and I discovered voluptuousness. From there, I started tasting French wines, then Spanish wines, then Italian wines.

Carole Bouquet

When you're young, all the accidents, all the pain you take them; but at least you're very strong. In fact through time, it's just adding more and more pain; more and more loss, and it makes you more fragile.

Carole Bouquet

I did get offers from Hollywood, but they were all scripts with monsters in them. If I had done them, I would have disappeared. I would have come back to France anyway, and I would have had to start all over again and lost a lot of time.

Carole Bouquet

I'm attached to my land in Pantelleria as if I'd inherited it. Acting is my job, Pantelleria is my home.

Carole Bouquet

Wine is connected to abundance.

Carole Bouquet

My characters always start well in movies. Almost every movie I've done starts with a happy marriage, it's all beautiful, wealthy, whatever... and then of course my husband leaves me, and everything falls apart.

Carole Bouquet

This new thing about liking yourself, I find that absolutely appalling. Anyone who likes themselves, I just can't go too close to them. To me it's pure stupidity. But having some peace with yourself, that's quite a relief.

Carole Bouquet

A man can't pass on, like a mother could, an awareness of your body, or sensuality, or what it means to be a woman. I was never taught what femininity was. I learnt it - or rather I invented it - on my own. I tended not to talk at all, if people were staring at me.

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It's like a kitchen, acting. Put a chef in a kitchen and they will have different recipes. Whatever your recipe, what works for you won't work for another.

Carole Bouquet

What bothers you isn't so much whether you're beautiful or not. What bothers you is the way that people stare.

Carole Bouquet

I didn't learn a lot from books. I learned a lot from movies.

Carole Bouquet

The problem with movies is that you see from the first day - you're on a train, and if the movie is not going in the right direction you know it right away. Sometimes, you can't get off the train, and the whole experience is painful.

Carole Bouquet