Quotes By Marion Cotillard

I'm not a liar.

It's a paradox to be an actress, living in the city, taking planes all the time, trying to find the right balance in this life, which is not so eco-friendly, and still try to respect the environment.

As an actress I just want to tell beautiful stories.

What I like in this job is you can travel to many places, many imaginations.

I think the Earth and everything around it is connected - the sky and the planets and the stars and everything else we see as a mystery.

Respect the place you live, be aware of the impact that you have on things.

When you are abandoned by two parents as a baby - wow, that is something to live with.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.