Cinema is still a very young art form with extraordinary techniques and very impressive special effects but sometimes it seems the soul has been taken out of things.

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I love vampire stories. That's why I did the movie. Women especially were taken with...

I love vampire stories. That's why I did the movie. Women especially were taken with...

People who know me know I'm strong, but I'm vulnerable.

People who know me know I'm strong, but I'm vulnerable.

I don't live that much with the character. I find it hard enough having to...

I don't live that much with the character. I find it hard enough having to...

Truffaut loved actresses, and he was very intense. All the actresses I knew wanted to...

Truffaut loved actresses, and he was very intense. All the actresses I knew wanted to...

It's very difficult for me to speak about being an actor.

It's very difficult for me to speak about being an actor.

I love to not work. I like to travel. I work maybe half the year,...

I love to not work. I like to travel. I work maybe half the year,...

I didn't devote my life to acting. I give a lot to my work, but...

I didn't devote my life to acting. I give a lot to my work, but...

I choose my roles carefully.

I choose my roles carefully.

I have no physical courage, I've asked for a double.

I have no physical courage, I've asked for a double.

Some people fall in love with their co-stars and feel things that they never thought...

Some people fall in love with their co-stars and feel things that they never thought...

You can express a lot of things, a lot of action without speaking.

You can express a lot of things, a lot of action without speaking.

I'm lucky; people write scripts for me

I'm lucky; people write scripts for me

I love to do very long and complicated scenes

I love to do very long and complicated scenes

There are relatively few role models for young people. We are in a society that...

There are relatively few role models for young people. We are in a society that...

When I first see the dailies, I look only at myself, but then you start...

When I first see the dailies, I look only at myself, but then you start...

Being an actor means being an instrument for someone else. I want to give myself...

Being an actor means being an instrument for someone else. I want to give myself...

Directors have to push me. I have to be pushed up. Not all the time,...

Directors have to push me. I have to be pushed up. Not all the time,...

Sometimes it's more difficult to do very simple, low-key films.

Sometimes it's more difficult to do very simple, low-key films.

Lesbians and gays... they still have to fight, even inside. It's not that simple, even...

Lesbians and gays... they still have to fight, even inside. It's not that simple, even...

I think the clothes in Belle de Jour are very important to the style of...

I think the clothes in Belle de Jour are very important to the style of...