Quotes By Marion Cotillard

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

You have to find the place where you abandon everything of yourself. Then you can let something else happen.

My parents always told me that if you want something, you can do whatever you have to do to get it. As long as it's not against someone else.

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.

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.

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

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

I think we're lied to about a number of things.

I'm not a liar.

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

As an actress I just want to tell beautiful stories.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 think that emotion and good stories can cross the times.

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.

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.