Eva Green Quotes
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I didn't want to do 'Casino Royale' when they told me to audition. I said no. Then they sent me the script, and I thought it was actually very interesting - and I had no other work at the time.
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I also liked Daniel Craig. He's not like any other Bond. So we'll see. In 10 years I might be cursed for doing it, but I'm very grateful for what it has done for me.
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We didn't have a lot of time to really prepare for a great chemistry. It was more instantaneous and instinctive. In the morning I went to Daniel Craig trailer and if I wanted to make some changes there was sort of a go between me and the director. It was good because Daniel is always like, "C'mon let's go for it. Let's fight for it!"
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Don't be ashamed of who you are, embrace who you are.
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I don't wear base, as I don't like to cover up my freckles, but I couldn't live without YSL Touche Eclat for hiding my under-eye circles. I love the smoky-eye look, so I use Dior's 5-Colour Eyeshadow in Night Dust and lashings of mascara. I finish with a dash of bronzer for a healthy glow.
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A lot of the films now are more focused on the visuals than on the actors. I think all directors should go to drama school.
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I'll need my whole lifetime to polish my craft.
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I don't like flirting, and when I love someone, I always give everything, maybe too much. And then you have to work at it all the time. I mean, the first months are always great, but afterwards it becomes hard work. It's not as passionate and crazy.
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I like characters who have strong facades and then have secrets. They have cracks.
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I'm not really involved with politics... I'm living in my cocoon with my classical music around.
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I go shopping maybe three times a year in an intense way. I'm like a man. Can't spend too much time in a shop.
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People think I'm so strong, but I'm very shy.
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To help people in the third world get educated and learn how to read and write is so important. I mean it is such an important human right.
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In this business actors who have Botox or surgery make you very aware of age. It's awful.
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I was very studious, too much. I would never go out at weekends. I was very serious. You should have seen me in class - I was blushing and sweating every time the teacher asked me something.
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Hollywood wouldn't suit me. In L.A. it's all about work - studio people have their five minutes with you and they go, 'Oh mah Gahd, I love your movie.' You just feel very self-conscious there.
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I hope I will not be typecast as a Bond girl for the rest of my life. I'm very proud of being a part of the Bond family, but I don't want to be the sexy girl forever. I'm not meaning to complain, but I just want to be taken seriously.
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In a Tim Burton movie, you know it's going to be something unusual, or a bit mad. Something "other."
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I give everything to my work, and I like complex roles, characters that aren't obvious. I've been very lucky so far, and I'm dreaming of working with directors like Jane Campion, Susanne Bier and the Dardennes. But the gods will decide.
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I didn't know about the Bond girl thing. I was approached very quickly, boom, boom, boom, it happened.
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My father has always written with Mont Blanc pens. It's very chic and elegant and classic.
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It's very flattering to be remembered as a Bond girl with brains and not just for looking good in a bikini. I was a fan of Sophie Marceau in 'The World Is Not Enough.' I think her performance was very underrated.
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I don't watch anything I'm in. Not even on set. I won't go over to the monitor to watch what we've just shot. It's too terrible. I think I'm just very self-conscious.
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I need to fall in love with someone. Sorry - I mean fall in love with something. I need to wake myself up.