I've always felt that Americans are very in the moment. There's not so much melancholia and mystery as there is in France. Everything must be understood. Everything must be analyzed. Lea Seydoux More Quotes by Lea Seydoux More Quotes From Lea Seydoux I am about life. I surround myself with beautiful things. I work hard to have a better life. This job helps me achieve that through the people I meet. I'm lucky - not to have been a cover girl - but to have been able to meet all these people, to live these adventures and travel so comfortably. But despite that, it's still difficult. Nothing comes easily. Everything I've earned is down to me, and no one else. Lea Seydoux girlbeautifuljobs Culture is fundamental. Literature saves you. Cinema saves you. Lea Seydoux cinemafundamentalsculture But my favorite part in my body are my dark circles. They define me. They reveal my melancholy. Lea Seydoux circlesbodydark I don't like comfort zones. Having never had any drama training, I don't really have a technique, so I'm continually learning new things. I like being frightened, and always having to start from scratch. Lea Seydoux trainingtechniquedrama In America, you don't have to be weak, you have to be strong. Lea Seydoux being-strongstrongamerica I think that nudity is beautiful. Sometimes it can be awful, but when it's beautiful? Cinema is the art about reality; it's art from reality. In French we say l'art de la realite. You show reality, so you have to show bodies. Lea Seydoux beautifulrealityart I don't pay much attention to magazine covers. One day, there'll be slack times in my career. It's unavoidable, because success is temporary. Which is why you have to stay focused on this very taxing job. Lea Seydoux one-daycareersjobs I love it when people have pleasure working and when there is respect. That's what I love. Lea Seydoux pleasurepeople When I first met Adèle I was like, ‘Wow, this girl has a strong character!’ She has something very free about her. I’m not used to it. Some actresses are too self-aware, they strike a pose. Adèle is a force of nature. Lea Seydoux girlstrongcharacter Making movies in France is different, but it's still acting, you know. You still have doubts and you're scared, always, but I really love doing films in America, because I love to speak English. But I think there's something very entertaining about American films. But I also like the intimacy of French films. Lea Seydoux actingdoubtthinking I went to Berlin for a year and a half, and that's where I learned about culture and art and everything. Before that, I lived in total absence of culture. I come from a house where there was nothing like reading or art. Lea Seydoux readingyearsart Actually, I started to become an actress because I met someone who was just a friend and I found his life wonderful, I thought, Oh my god, you can travel, you're free, you can do what you want, you're the boss. And then I met an actor and I was in love with him. Lea Seydoux bossjust-friendsactors The character is important, of course, but I like when there's intelligence in a movie. I like when it's, how do you say, sensible. So for me a film is very subjective, and it's a point of view. I like to be brought into a world of a director. Lea Seydoux importantcharacterworld It's too intense, you have to give yourself, body and soul, when you do an Abdellatif Kechiche film, and today I have a life, I have a kid. Lea Seydoux entertainment I don't have any preconceived ideas of myself. I just take things as they come. Lea Seydoux justthingsmyselfideas In America, they are very respectful of your work. People are not judgmental. They like difference - to be different is a force. In France, you have to be like the girl next door. Lea Seydoux yougirlworkpeople It's a misogynistic world. It's because of what we ask of actresses. We ask them to be sensitive, fragile, desirable. And men? We ask them to be strong and virile. Lea Seydoux be-strongstrongmenworld I'm not as beautiful as a model. Lea Seydoux modelbeautiful I was putting forward too much of myself when I was singing. Lea Seydoux forwardmyselfsingingtoo-much Even in between takes, you emerge yourself. So you don't have a life for six months. Lea Seydoux evenyourselfyoulife
