Each new film is like a trial. Before I step in front of the camera, I do not know whether I am going to fall or whether I am going to fly - and that is exactly the way I want it to stay. Juliette Binoche More Quotes by Juliette Binoche More Quotes From Juliette Binoche I have stories that I'd like to maybe one day consider directing, but you need a lot of time to write and put it together. Juliette Binoche one-day together writing I like being a mother, and I want to be involved in my work, so I have to make choices. If you're a film actress, your career is from 20 to 45, but you can still dream. Juliette Binoche careers mother dream I like travelling and if I have to come to Hollywood to make a movie I will, but otherwise I'd never move there. It's very much an industry town and that doesn't really interest me. Juliette Binoche hollywood journey moving I don't believe in coincidence. Juliette Binoche dont-believe coincidence believe It's never been my purpose to become an American icon, or more famous or richer. Juliette Binoche icons purpose I'm very down-to-earth and accessible, I think. Juliette Binoche down-to-earth earth thinking As an actor, I have to be fulfilled in the roles that I play; it has to be a journey for me to learn something or involve myself. Juliette Binoche roles journey play What makes a person sexy is when he's not trying to be sexy. Juliette Binoche sexiness sexy trying I sometimes feel like I could do another job. Anything. Maybe because as an actress you're playing different characters, everything feels possible. Juliette Binoche different jobs character I move on stage differently. The more you act, anyway, the more you live, your perception of life becomes more and more accurate. Juliette Binoche stage perception moving I am not a great French woman. George Sand, Marguerite Duras and Simone de Beauvoir are great French women. Juliette Binoche great-french french-woman sand As an actress, I think there is always a political consciousness there. Juliette Binoche actresses political thinking As actors, we are so privileged to do what we do and to give to the world and to choose the subject we want to say to the world. Juliette Binoche actors giving world Acting is like peeling an onion. You have to peel away each layer to reveal another. Juliette Binoche layers onions acting Acting is a tough business, and you need to be in good shape mentally and physically. Juliette Binoche shapes acting needs I'm not obsessed by looks. I think you can become a prisoner of your own image. Juliette Binoche obsession looks thinking I think I am pretty much melancholic. Juliette Binoche i-am-pretty thinking My private life is very private, and I have chosen not to live in America or England, where you are so exposed and can't fight against it. Juliette Binoche england fighting america I've played journalists before Elles, and I have good friends who are journalists. I think being an actor is not very far from being a journalist. Because you investigate, you try to understand, you're asking questions, you're interested in the other. Juliette Binoche asking-questions good-friend thinking Usually I love preparing. It's really the time I prefer, because it's a time of reflection and of possibility of growth - to let it cook inside. Juliette Binoche possibility growth reflection