There are very few actresses who can grow old and still get exciting parts... I think it's very important for me to have wider horizons, rather than just waiting for calls. Clemence Poesy More Quotes by Clemence Poesy More Quotes From Clemence Poesy I’m not fascinated by people who smile all the time. What I find interesting is the way people look when they are lost in thought, when their face becomes angry or serious, when they bite their lip, the way they glance, the way they look down when they walk, when they are alone and smoking a cigarette, when they smirk, the way they half smile, the way they try and hold back tears, the way when their face says they want to say something but can’t, the way they look at someone they want or love… I love the way people look when they do these things. It’s… beautiful. Clemence Poesy beautiful people interesting Paris, hours in the café, a certain spirit of rebellion, one side a bit too stubborn, the sea, the true, in Bretagne, the walking in Provence, the taste, the passion for literature, the libraries, the beautiful editions, remaking the world in a set of hours around a table and a bottle of wine. Talking without really saying nothing, just for the pleasure of talking. The museums, the theatres, the elegance, the delicacy, the heritage of the Illustration, a humanistic philosophy. The balance we got between a nordic rigor and a latin savoir-vivre, the insolence and the freedom. Clemence Poesy latin beautiful philosophy I feel so lucky that I live in a society that lets women be. I think that's the one of the biggest fights to keep having, is to fight for women to have the right to live their life the way they want to live it. Clemence Poesy fighting way thinking I believe a lot in the relationship between performers. When you're supported by someone's eyes, you're not alone. Clemence Poesy performers eye believe That's the problem with the Internet: You do a naked scene and then it's taken out of context and put on websites that have nothing to do with film. Clemence Poesy naked problem taken I believe you have to make things happen. Clemence Poesy make-things-happen happens believe I think it's too bad when teenagers become conformist in terms of fashion,because it's the ideal time to go off into your own crazy thing without looking completely idiotic. Clemence Poesy teenager fashion crazy There's a kind of amateurishness among French actresses, but I don't share that completely. Clemence Poesy actresses kind share I think the people we meet in life and the loves of our lives are very, very important in what we become, like change us - when it's right, probably change us for the best. Clemence Poesy important people thinking I just wear jeans, big motorcycle boots and T-shirts that are way too big for me. I like anything that has lived a little bit, that has traces of life on it. Knitwear that's a tiny bit too long because you've pulled it with your hands, or jeans that are starting to get holes. Clemence Poesy jeans long hands You have to encourage people not to give in to the temptation to be normal, even if it isn't easy - because when you're young, you really want to belong. Clemence Poesy temptation giving people My references, my musical tastes, everything that I like, in fact, comes from the '70s. Clemence Poesy musical taste facts In Los Angeles, you feel like everything revolves around the movies. In Paris, you still have other things to do. Clemence Poesy los-angeles things-to-do paris Acting makes you look at life and try to understand it in a beautiful way. Clemence Poesy acting trying beautiful I didn’t want people to decide what I was going to wear and what I was going to look like and how I should behave. Clemence Poesy want people looks My mother kept alive the best part for my sister and me. At the same time, she's always been someone who's very straight and solid, which wasn't that -common in families with "'68er" parents. Clemence Poesy alive parent mother I used to spend hours at night, downstairs, in front of the only full-length mirror in the house, standing on the table working out what I would wear to school the next day. Clemence Poesy mirrors night school I’m always so impressed with these actresses with their perfect make-up and hair and sometimes I’m very aware that I’m not like that. But I don’t think I can do things any other way. I would be wearing a disguise if I started to apply that stuff. Clemence Poesy perfect hair thinking For me, it’s about not being too aware of what you look like because if you are, you’re trying too hard and I don’t think that actually makes you look good. I’ve known from very early on that I don’t look perfect. Clemence Poesy perfect trying thinking Once I caught my dad in front of the TV watching a tennis match, and I realized they were tricking us. Poor guy, he had to sneak in a tennis final - probably the French Open. Clemence Poesy tennis sneak-in dad
