Quotes By Marion Cotillard

The first thing I have to do to erase my French accent is think that it is actually possible, whereas for the moment, I think it's not. I have a lot of work.

When I was little, there were so many people in my house. Everyone was enjoying themselves, rehearsing, having fun. It was like a playground.

When a script moves me, I find that I immediately understand a character. Of course not completely, but I do understand.

I'm always very scared when I start a movie because I never know if I'm going to be able to do a good job or do a very bad job.

I don't live with my role, I'm a really normal person.

When you see yourself on video, you and your friends spending time on vacation, and they take a video, and then you see it, it's really disturbing.

My parents definitely sparked something in me. I'm sure of it. I saw how happy and fulfilled they were, and I knew I wanted the same job.

I would love to go into an animal's dream - like a lion's or a cat's. I'm sure that's pretty awesome.

I think that emotion and good stories can cross the times.

I don't think that I'm that sophisticated. Maybe I'm not aware of it, I don't know.

I didn't like anything about myself - my looks, my personality. I was very, very angry.

I have busy nights.

If you search and search and stop searching, then ultimately you'll find what you need. It is the experience of living.

I never thought that I would have to play an Indian, well half French, but an Indian woman in my life.

I don't think you learn how to act. You learn how to use your emotions and feelings.

Every story is different, every movie is different, every director is different.

I'm not the kind of person who can do a lot of things at the same time.

An artist is maybe not always having a normal life.

I don't have a goal.

You don't really see yourself doing things, of course, but you feel.

As a teenager, I didn't want to be me; I wanted to be many different people. Maybe I realized that they all lived inside me and that if I managed to connect with them, they would become aspects of me.

I don't stick to special techniques, conscious techniques.

I took piano lessons when I was like 5 or 6 but that was a long time ago. I stopped when I was 13.

It's pretty refreshing to be in a situation where the spotlight is on someone else.

I've always had a repulsion going in a place where animals are in captivity.

I think in friendship, you want to be there for your friend, and sometimes you just don't know what to do or the relationship you have with them is not clear enough for you to know what to do.

Did a man really walk on the moon? I saw plenty of documentaries on it, and I really wondered.

I have a tendency to often share the point of view of the conspiracy theory.

I find it easier to play someone who is so far from me because you create someone - you build this person based on the story and the script, with the director.

I was shy. I was more than shy.