Eva Green Quotes
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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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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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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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Some people collect butterflies - I love beetles.
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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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In this business actors who have Botox or surgery make you very aware of age. It's awful.
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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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Everyone wants to work in America. Maybe not blockbusters or Terminator, but to have the choice.
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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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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 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 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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It's boring to be like everybody.
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I'm very low-maintenance when it comes to my beauty routine.
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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've never been very good talking about myself.
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My father is Swedish and my mother is French.
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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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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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My father has always written with Mont Blanc pens. It's very chic and elegant and classic.
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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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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 don't believe in awards. It's very good for the ego, I suppose.
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It's quite hard to find a ballsy or complex character. So the roles I've taken are those. Lot's of people put me in the dark category.