Juliette Binoche

If you told me tomorrow that I couldn't act anymore, it wouldn't bother me. I have only one wish: to meet the man of my life.

As actors, we are so privileged to do what we do and to give to the world and to choose the subject we want to say to the world.

I am not a woman staying at home.

I'm very down-to-earth and accessible, I think.

I'm a fighter as a mother. I'm fighting to be a mother, but I cannot say no to my passion because it's me, as well.

For me, acting goes to a special place; it's almost mystical. You have to let go of what you think is good; it's a jump into trust, and trying to reach without wanting too much.

What I need is to express my passion for life... It's movement I'm interested in, the life in me, the life in humanity.

When I'm in the movie, I'm entirely in the movie. When I'm on the set, I'm 200 per cent there; when I'm at home, I'm 200 per cent at home.

I've played journalists before, and I have good friends who are journalists. I think being an actor is not very far from being a journalist. Because you investigate, you try to understand, you're asking questions, you're interested in the other.

I have stories that I'd like to maybe one day consider directing, but you need a lot of time to write and put it together.

Usually I love preparing. It's really the time I prefer, because it's a time of reflection and of possibility of growth - to let it cook inside.

When you really put your heart in the work, you don't think of how you look. And I think that's the beauty of it.

I move on stage differently. The more you act, anyway, the more you live, your perception of life becomes more and more accurate.

I want to make films that are political and social. Films with a message or an idea. Films that dare to ask.

Movies are open doors, and at every door, I change character and life... I live for the present always. I accept this risk. I don't deny the past, but it's a page to turn.

You must understand, I don't have to be happy to be happy.

There was probably something as a child I wanted to express, something unsaid that I needed to share.

It's never been my purpose to become an American icon, or more famous or richer.

If you have everything, then you don't want to go on. It's the lacking that makes you search for something better.

I'm not obsessed by looks. I think you can become a prisoner of your own image.