Beatrice Dalle Quotes

France, Actress
December 19, 1964

Béatrice Dalle (born Béatrice Cabarrou) is a French actress.Dalle was born in Brest, Finistère, France, as Béatrice Cabarrou. Working as a model when she met filmmaker Jean-Jacques Beineix, Beineix cast her in the lead role of the 1986 film 37°2 le matin (later released in the UK and USA as Betty Blue) which received BAFTA and Oscar nominations for Best Foreign Language Film, and made a star of Dalle.

There was a strange atmosphere on the set because we were filming in this large house, which was used for troubled children. You'd go in and find walls had been burnt down. The building was charged with this history and it stayed with us throughout the filming.

Beatrice Dalle
- Children
- History
- House
I do not consider myself beautiful.

Beatrice Dalle

There are no rebels in the cinema business.

Beatrice Dalle
- Business
- Cinema
- Rebels
But I've always attracted attention, it's true, ever since I was very young.

Beatrice Dalle
- True
- Attention
- Young
I knew her work very well and I knew that if she offered me a role in her movie, it wouldn't be something stupid. So I agreed to do the film before I read the script.

Beatrice Dalle
- Work
- She
- Movie
I didn't so much choose the film as director Claire Denis chose me.

Beatrice Dalle
- Me
- Film
- Choose
I've never read a screenplay in advance. You trust the artist.

Beatrice Dalle
- You
- Trust
- Artist
I didn't see my character, Core, as a cannibal but as somebody who is extremely passionate and who doesn't have any conscience. She takes her passion to its complete extreme.

Beatrice Dalle
- She
- Character
- Passion

I don't act in the way other actresses act, in terms of building or creating a character. I don't transform myself into the role, I invest myself in the role.

Beatrice Dalle