I try to see my films just once. It's like a dream you've been through when it's been intense, and you just have to go through it once more just to make sure you've had it. Juliette Binoche More Quotes by Juliette Binoche More Quotes From Juliette Binoche I need relationships, but sometimes when I am in one I feel claustrophobic. It is about feeling that I still have my freedom, that I have choices. I don't look back on the past because I like to live in the present. I know this makes some people think I probably never cared, but I need my freedom and I like to keep moving. Juliette Binoche being-single past moving But I think it's a little different in Europe, because 40 is really the best age for a woman. That's when we hit our peak and become this ripe fruit. Juliette Binoche age europe thinking I never really worked in Hollywood. Some American producers came to Europe to shoot films with me, so it's a different situation... It was not my aim. Juliette Binoche hollywood different europe My outlook on life is to be true. To take risks. To love the shadows as well as the light. To find your task. To recognise your task. To be active. Juliette Binoche being-true risk shadow Movies are open doors, and at every door, I change character and life. Juliette Binoche doors character I like independence, I like creating my own world, not being in a system. There are more possibilities, I think. Juliette Binoche independence creating thinking I'm a fighter as a mother. I'm fighting to be a mother, but I cannot say no to my passion because it's me, as well. Juliette Binoche passion fighting mother If you have everything, then you don't want to go on. It's the lacking that makes you search for something better. Juliette Binoche lacking goes-on want Ive never thought of my characters as being sad. On the contrary, they are full of life. They didnt choose tragedy. Tragedy chose them. Juliette Binoche being-sad tragedy character You have to have the courage to wait, to say no, ... And thats difficult. This job is very uncertain, and its frightening. Juliette Binoche uncertain waiting jobs 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 want way fall But I've never felt that being an actress is being in a comfortable place. It's seen from the outside that we're being driven in big cars and having these gorgeous suites and all of that. But come on, it's not about that. Juliette Binoche gorgeous actresses car Before I thought there was a common denominator between my films - as if all my characters were sisters - but I'm not so sure now. Juliette Binoche sister common character I don't like films giving me answers. I like films that are provoking me, that are making me feel not only being in an easy place. Juliette Binoche film answers giving You have to put your ego aside as an actor. Or you're using your ego to tell the story. Your body is a part of a tool to tell the story. So if you feel something, it's wrong. It means you're not inside of the character. Juliette Binoche ego character mean I would say I'm humanly engaged. Juliette Binoche engaged engagement I never felt being an actor or making a movie was an easy thing to do. Juliette Binoche things-to-do actors easy I think acting is about forgetting yourself in order to give the best of yourself. It's passing through you more than you're creating it. You're not the flower, but the vase which holds the flower. Juliette Binoche flower order thinking I was used to theatre classes. I studied with my mother; she was a theatre teacher and directed, too, so it was very family-like. Then I studied with a great teacher in Paris, and she was wonderful; she pushed me, but she was a warm soul. Juliette Binoche mother class teacher I want to make films that are political and social. Films with a message or an idea. Films that dare to ask. Juliette Binoche political messages ideas
