Anne Parillaud Quotes

France, Actress
May 6, 1960

Anne Parillaud (French pronunciation: [an paʁiˈjo]; born 6 May 1960) is a French actress, who has appeared in 30 films since 1977.She is best known internationally for her role as Nikita in the film Nikita.

I try to live the moment and not obey laws, rules, conventions, or norms; to react to a sensation, a feeling, or an emotion. You can't program emotion.

Anne Parillaud
- Live
- Feeling
You have to get it in your brain that you don't belong to yourself as an actor, but that you belong to the director who creates the character.

Anne Parillaud
- Character
- Brain

I adore people who ask questions and who cause others to share in their search.

Anne Parillaud
- People
- Search
Body language is essential for an actress, even if you don't use your body in an athletic way. Just to be free, to use it like your voice. A body can be small and have incredible violence. A body talks.

Anne Parillaud
- Free
- Small
- Violence
Knowing what I know of love, I hang back because I don't like to lie to myself.

Anne Parillaud
On the surface I look fragile and insecure; you have to know me very well.

Anne Parillaud
Actors should be timeless and impersonal.

Anne Parillaud
I had never even thought I'd be an actress - I was supposed to be a lawyer. But the motivation is the same: when you act, you defend a role; you have to be convincing. It's the same career.

Anne Parillaud
- Career
- motivation
- Lawyer

To what purpose is it to be artificially happy on the surface?

Anne Parillaud
- Happy
- Purpose
It's terrifying, that unconditional love you have for a child. I still wonder if she really came from me, from my womb. It's a miracle. I don't understand it. I live it very intensely.

Anne Parillaud
- Live
- She
- Wonder