Isabelle Huppert

“Being an actress is a very childish profession.”

“Cinema is a world of illusion.”

“Acting is a way of living out one's insanity.”

“I never cry, you know. I never cry. I'm not a crying person.”

“For me, the camera is a character. It's a presence.”

“I am not an intellectual, I am an actress.”

“The cinema is a place of desire. It's a place of fantasy.”

“I'm not interested in my own life. I'm interested in the lives of the characters I play.”

“I like to be directed. I'm not a director.”

“I think that in life, as in art, the beautiful moves me most.”

“I am more interested in the director's point of view than my own.”

“I don't make the character. The character makes me.”

“The more you are talked about, the less you are listened to.”

“I think the camera is a microscope, and it's a lie detector.”

“You have to be a little bit of a monster to be an actor.”

“I think that when you are famous, you have to be very careful about what you say.”

“I think it's important to be a little bit of a mystery.”

“I am not a feminist, I am a woman.”