Eva Green Quotes
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When I'm not working I just like to be comfortable: I love black, nothing tight, no heels, no make-up - it's nice to be able to breathe!
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When people say 'You're so beautiful' it makes me want to kill myself! As an actress you want to be seen for what you do, for the characters you can play, otherwise I'd be a model.
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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.
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It's boring to be like everybody.
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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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Lots of shy people dress a bit too much. It's just kind of an armour. People say the same thing about me.
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That is really the freedom that allows you to create something that is exciting because who knows what's true?
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I'm very low-maintenance when it comes to my beauty routine.
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My father is Swedish and my mother is French.
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I hardly ever go to parties. If I really have to, I'll go, but I'm not the most open person, which is sometimes not the best quality.
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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 think the work is the same in Indie films or blockbuster. It's just a difference when you do all the publicity. It's like another job. I remember the first time I did The Dreamers. I went to Venice; quite a good amount of publicity, a lot of round-tables and TV. I was just not expecting that. I thought I was going to visit Venice, but actually no.
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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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My father has always written with Mont Blanc pens. It's very chic and elegant and classic.
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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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Everyone wants to work in America. Maybe not blockbusters or Terminator, but to have the choice.
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A film can be big or small - I have to just fall in love with it. To connect with the character, the script, and the director. Sometimes they say to you, 'You should do that for your career; it's a big thing, people will go and see it,' but I wouldn't be able to, because my heart wouldn't be in it. I would drive people quite mad.
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I would love to play an unexpected character. Really raw and simple and not a cliche - something rugged. People like to put actors in boxes.
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At the end of the day, I choose something that makes my heart beat, that I can relate to, that's very complex, or human.
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I've never been very good talking about myself.
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Some people collect butterflies - I love beetles.
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I don't believe in awards. It's very good for the ego, I suppose.
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For me, acting is like a therapy. I can express myself fully when I am acting and have blood in my veins. Even when I'm not working, I'm always living in my own world, imagining characters.
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There are not many good roles for women.