To be "here and now," in principle, is just for once. And then you have to repeat that. Isabelle Huppert More Quotes by Isabelle Huppert More Quotes From Isabelle Huppert I always thought that's the exact metaphor, the perfect metaphor for acting. To go blind, to ignore the danger, and to totally trust. Isabelle Huppert blind acting perfect I like to take these unusual characters and then make them as normal as possible, because we all know that the tragedy and the abnormal always hides itself behind the normal. Isabelle Huppert abnormal tragedy character Acting is a way of living out one's insanity. Isabelle Huppert acting insanity way If I seem detached or distant, it's because I think this is a more exact reproduction of life, where you hide as much as you show. When I see a scene in which feelings get loudly exteriorized, I say to myself, 'Well, at least this never happens to me.' I very rarely go through this type of expression. Most of the time things are hidden or at least much more subdued. Isabelle Huppert expression feelings thinking The Greeks already understood that there was more interest in portraying an unusual character than a usual character - that is the purpose of films and theatre. Isabelle Huppert theatre greek character I think movies say a lot [about real life], even more than theater. It says a lot about the invisible, that movies are so fascinating. The camera lens is like a microscope that goes beyond the surface. It's like you're exploring a secret, so you explore the director's secret, you explore the actor's secret, and therefore you explore the universe's secrets. Isabelle Huppert real secret thinking Sometimes over the years, you know, things come to surface. Isabelle Huppert surface sometimes years For a long time I have compared cinema to music, I think cinema has a lot to do with the rhythm of music. Isabelle Huppert cinema long thinking A film is the reflection of the soul of its creator. Isabelle Huppert film soul reflection We all pretend to be very strong, and then in a fraction, you can just break down, at least for me. Isabelle Huppert breaking-down fractions strong When you're an actress you are in a very specific position, cerebrally, I would think you know. You are a thinking person but you are in a certain perception of the world between really being conceptual and completely stupid. So you are in between, with a lot of intuition and instinct. And that's not completely being intellectual because I think intuition is more blurred. It comes from intuition. Instinct. More than really reasoning. Isabelle Huppert intellectual stupid thinking Some roles are easier to choose, some roles are more difficult because they are more daring. Sometimes you have to dare. Isabelle Huppert easier roles sometimes For me, making films is like being on vacation, it's a nice walk. But theatre is like mountaineering. You never know whether you're going to fall off or make it to the top. Isabelle Huppert vacation nice fall When I hear myself, I don't know how I sound. Isabelle Huppert know-how sound knows To me acting and doing movies is really strongly about the present time. It's all about when you do it. It's to create this feeling of extreme awareness and concentration. Because it doesn't happen without an extreme concentration, when you are completely immersed and focused on that. Isabelle Huppert acting awareness feelings But it wasn't just a technical approach towards the piano, studying the music for this film was also a way of approaching the soul of the film, because the film is really about the soul of Schubert and the soul of Bach. Isabelle Huppert piano soul way Even for the most difficult scenes, and there are difficult scenes in the film, and because Michael Haneke is such a great film-maker - I think a great film-maker is not only being inspired, but how to do it, how to make it as real as possible, knowing that it's not real. Isabelle Huppert knowing real thinking Sometimes you don't really understand the characters you do. I don't need to. Most of the behavior is obscure and I don't mind that. On the contrary, it's a fuel for me, to find out who the character is. As the spectator is finding out, I find out about the character myself. Isabelle Huppert mind sometimes character What people think improvisation is and non-improvisation is, it's nothing to do with what you like or dislike. It's all about how it happens with certain directors and certain scenes. That's the way it works. It's not something, in general, that you can decide. Isabelle Huppert directors people thinking By definition, acting is improvisation, even if you follow the lines. You invent what you do, when you do it. Isabelle Huppert definitions lines acting
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