Marion Cotillard Quotes
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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.
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What I like in this job is you can travel to many places, many imaginations.
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I am not very good at expressing myself in a simple way so it can create mis-understandings and I hate that.
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I don't want to change the world; I want to evolve myself.
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Filmmaking is not about gender. You cannot ask a president in a festival like Cannes to have, like, five movies directed by women and five by men.
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The first time I saw 'Macbeth' was not the entire play. It was at acting school, and this student was working on Lady Macbeth's soliloquy. I felt something very special, and I knew then that I would one day experience Lady Macbeth, but I always thought it would be on stage and in French.
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You don't really see yourself doing things, of course, but you feel.
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When I was a kid, my dream was to be an actress and to be able to jump from one world to another, to disappear into roles, that people wouldn't recognize me from one movie to another. So I feel very lucky that I have the opportunity to live that dream.
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I think in friendship, you want to be there for your friend, and sometimes you just don't know what to do or the relationship you have with them is not clear enough for you to know what to do.
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You have to find the place where you abandon everything of yourself. Then you can let something else happen.
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I'm not a method actor, but I'm affected by the life I share my life with during shooting. It's always a very strange and special period for me.
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I was shy. I was more than shy.
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I would love to go into an animal's dream - like a lion's or a cat's. I'm sure that's pretty awesome.
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I came close to depression, but when I started to feel I could really lose myself, I somehow escaped it.
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I never analyzed whether I had a style or whether I didn't. I wouldn't be able to describe my style or even tell if I have one or not.
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'Do I have a purpose.' Right. And of course you do. Otherwise, you wouldn't be on Earth. I really strongly believe that if we're here, it's for a reason.
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I don't have a favorite process. My favorite process is the right process for the person I am working with. I can fit in any process as long as the director respects who I am and doesn't try to put me in a situation to get something out of me - if I can give it without that situation.
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My parents always told me that if you want something, you can do whatever you have to do to get it. As long as it's not against someone else.
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Having your picture taken in the street and put in a magazine won't change your life.
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I never thought that I would have to play an Indian, well half French, but an Indian woman in my life.
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When a script moves me, I find that I immediately understand a character. Of course not completely, but I do understand.
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All of the characters I've had the chance to create are survivors. But we live in a world where surviving makes up most of what we do.
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If you search and search and stop searching, then ultimately you'll find what you need. It is the experience of living.
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There is something strange about me. I don't ever feel at ease in a group of people. I have to fight hard to overcome my fears.