Juliette Binoche

I am not a woman staying at home.

You make your own path as an actor. Nobody does it for you, so you have to invent yourself.

I've played journalists before, and I have good friends who are journalists. I think being an actor is not very far from being a journalist. Because you investigate, you try to understand, you're asking questions, you're interested in the other.

You must understand, I don't have to be happy to be happy.

What makes a person sexy is when he's not trying to be sexy.

I won't do something just for the sake of working.

I was so happy when they cast me in Chocolat, because it's one of my vices.

I never felt being an actor or making a movie was an easy thing to do.

But I've never felt that being an actress is being in a comfortable place. It's seen from the outside that we're being driven in big cars and having these gorgeous suites and all of that. But come on, it's not about that.

Being a famous actress may give you a sense of being important, but believe me, it's just an illusion.

As an actress we don't beat one another. It's whoever's right for the part.

As an actor, I have to be fulfilled in the roles that I play; it has to be a journey for me to learn something or involve myself.