Eva Green Quotes
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Actually, when I'm not filming a movie, my beauty approach is really natural - I prefer a bare face that looks really healthy and dewy.
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My father is Swedish and my mother is French.
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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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There are a lot of people who want to be famous nowadays: singers, actors and, you know, it's like a roller-coaster. And when you are very sensitive - I'm very sensitive - you have to be very strong... You have to just not pay attention to the people who hate you, you know?
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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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It's boring to be like everybody.
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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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Some people collect butterflies - I love beetles.
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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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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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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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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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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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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'm very low-maintenance when it comes to my beauty routine.
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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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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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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'll need my whole lifetime to polish my craft.
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Everyone wants to work in America. Maybe not blockbusters or Terminator, but to have the choice.
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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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I've never been very good talking about myself.
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Seeing what the film becomes, out of your hands - you never know, you know? I'm always rather anxious. It's not like in theater when you are more in control. You're more - not a puppet, but you don't control it. You don't own it.