Marion Cotillard Quotes

I'm affected by the characters I play, and sometimes they're hard to live with.

Marion Cotillard

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• I'm always very scared when I start a movie because I never know if I'm going to be able to do a good job or do a very bad job.

  

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  • Good
  • Job
  • Bad

• When people dont know exactly what depression is, they can be judgmental.

  

  Marion Cotillard
  • People
  • Depression

• When you see yourself on video, you and your friends spending time on vacation, and they take a video, and then you see it, it's really disturbing.

  

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  • Time
  • Friends
  • Vacation

• I always want to abandon myself to my characters, and I never knew if I was actually abandoning myself to Lady Macbeth. I was scared to enter the darkness. Almost every day, I would go back home and be like, 'Oh my God, what am I doing?' I had no idea.

  

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  • God
  • Home

• I think the Earth and everything around it is connected - the sky and the planets and the stars and everything else we see as a mystery.

  

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  • Earth
  • Sky

• I never dreamt to be a princess in my life; I really dreamt to be an actress, but I dreamt of princesses on screen.

  

  Marion Cotillard
  • Life
  • Princess

• I was born in Paris and raised in the suburbs and then lived in the countryside.

  

  Marion Cotillard
  • Paris

• I've worked with people who wanted to be creative every day: it was like a goal to arrive with something very special. Sometimes it's just disturbing, because special is good when it's needed. But when it's not needed, it's confusing, and you go away from the authenticity by a strong desire to be unique and singular.

  

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  • People
  • Good
  • Strong

• What I do is doing movies and sharing movies.

  

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• Respect the place you live, be aware of the impact that you have on things.

  

  Marion Cotillard
  • Live
  • Respect

• When you don't have time, especially for a director, you cannot do exactly what you want to do. You have to cut your dream to fit in the movie you're doing.

  

  Marion Cotillard
  • Time
  • Movie
  • Dream

• I never thought I'd have the opportunity to visit another culture.

  

  Marion Cotillard
  • Culture
  • Opportunity

• I am not very good at planning things, actually, but I believe that things happen when they need to and when they have to.

  

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  • Good
  • Believe
  • Planning

• As an actress, I always wanted to do movies, and I never dreamt about doing movies in America just because I didn't think it was possible.

  

  Marion Cotillard
  • America

• Usually when I work, I'm totally dedicated to the role, and when I leave the set, I bring some of my character home with me, but I can't bring anyone home with me now because my son would freak out.

  

  Marion Cotillard
  • Work
  • Home
  • Character

• Insecurity is very common among actors. When I started giving interviews and talking to people that I didn't know, it was a nightmare. I've learned how to deal with interviews and insecurity; I've gotten used to it.

  

  Marion Cotillard
  • People
  • Giving
  • Insecurity

• I find it easier to play someone who is so far from me because you create someone - you build this person based on the story and the script, with the director.

  

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• We need to fight for women's rights, but I don't want to separate women from men. We're separated already because we're not made the same, and it's the difference that creates this energy in creation and love.

  

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  • Men
  • Women
  • Energy

• I cry watching 'Camille' with Greta Garbo. I have to say that - while it might sound weird - it will be weird, but there is one movie I always laugh in, and at the end of the movie, I always cry, and I saw it, like, 10 times. It's 'Step Brothers.'

  

  Marion Cotillard
  • Movie
  • Weird

• I need to be on the same page as the director.

  

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• I don't want to change the world; I want to evolve myself.

  

  Marion Cotillard
  • World

• When I was little, there were so many people in my house. Everyone was enjoying themselves, rehearsing, having fun. It was like a playground.

  

  Marion Cotillard
  • People
  • Fun
  • House

• My parents definitely sparked something in me. I'm sure of it. I saw how happy and fulfilled they were, and I knew I wanted the same job.

  

  Marion Cotillard
  • Job
  • Happy
  • Parents

• You don't really see yourself doing things, of course, but you feel.

  

  Marion Cotillard