Quotes By Marion Cotillard

If I wake up during a dream I can usually go back to sleep and finish the story.

I was born in Paris and raised in the suburbs and then lived in the countryside.

I am not very good at expressing myself in a simple way so it can create mis-understandings and I hate that.

My dad was a mime and then he had his company and created plays for children and was very successful with it.

I'm so lucky to have the opportunity to work with some directors and some actors I wouldn't have dared to think I would work with one day.

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.

It was an amazing adventure, it was my dream to be in an American musical... I really hope you are going to love what you are going to see.

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

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

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 think that emotion and good stories can cross the times.

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

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

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

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

I have busy nights.

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.

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

An artist is maybe not always having a normal life.

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

I don't have a goal.

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

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