France is an old country that needs to wake up. Melanie Laurent More Quotes by Melanie Laurent More Quotes From Melanie Laurent I think that everything is part of creativity - the more you create, the more you have ideas, and the more you meet people. Melanie Laurent creativityideasthinking I'm in love with love, so I'm always taking risks! I think it's part of love, taking risks. Melanie Laurent taking-risksriskthinking Everybody just asks me 'Are you going to make Hollywood movies now?' First, I don't know. Second, I never dreamed about that; I just dreamed about making movies with Tarantino. So if I can make movies with a lot of amazing directors - yes. Melanie Laurent hollywooddirectorsfirsts I don't really care about making a big movie - I just want to make good ones. Melanie Laurent bigscarewant I'm not scared of growing old, I'm just scared of not achieving everything that I want to do. Melanie Laurent scaredgrowingwant It seems like the more you grow up the more you fear things. Melanie Laurent 20th-birthdaygrowing-upgrows Holiday? Is like, what? I'm a hyperactive girl, so it may be boring for me to be on the beach doing nothing. I just need to find a place for three weeks and work but sleep in the morning, maybe write a little bit, have a glass of red wine. That's my perfect holiday. Melanie Laurent girlmorningbeach I never practice before, I never work hours on a script. I just choose my characters and trust them, and after that, it's about the director taking your hand. Melanie Laurent practicecharacterhands I think I was, like, maybe frustrated for many years because I didn't try to direct. And since I made my movie I'm just like, 'It's great. Melanie Laurent frustratedyearsthinking I love acting, but directing and writing have always been just as important. I started to write so many things when I was even a child. I wrote my first play when I was, like, seven years old. That was me - a writer - for years. Melanie Laurent writingchildrenyears Because I've made a film with such an amazing director as Tarantino, I'm much more conscious of working with good directors from now on, so that's what's important to me. I don't really care about making a big movie - I just want to make good ones. Melanie Laurent careimportantdirectors I'm really confident. I had a perfect childhood. I had perfect parents and grandparents. They just love me, simply. So I have no fears. Melanie Laurent perfect-parentsgrandparentchildhood There are a lot of French actresses who just hate me now. I've made enemies. Melanie Laurent actresseshateenemy The perfect life would be to have an amazing part every year and to spend all my free time to just write. Melanie Laurent perfectwritingyears I'm taking a break from music... everyone was so mean about it and it was so hard that I wanted to die. Melanie Laurent wanted-to-dietaking-a-breakmean Every time I play in a movie, I never expect that it'll be huge. I don't like thinking about that, because it's so scary. Melanie Laurent scaryplaythinking Every time a director calls me and says, 'If you practice a lot in two months, can you be an American?' And I always tell them, 'Well, maybe but I'm French. So it's going to be hard to be someone else.' Melanie Laurent practicetwodirectors It's so French to be a cat person. Melanie Laurent catpersons I like Chanel and Yves Saint Laurent. I have some great Balenciaga jackets and I'm shoe crazy. Melanie Laurent shoessaintcrazy I never took any theater lessons. So when I started to do movies, I was 14. Melanie Laurent theaterlessons
