Emmanuelle Seigner Quotes & Sayings

“I did great things in the theater. I did some nice roles, 'The Diving Bell and the Butterfly' or 'La Vie en Rose.' And I love my role in 'Frantic.'”

“I think age is just something written down on a piece of paper. I mean, you come across 20-year-olds who are like old people sometimes. I've never taken much account of age throughout my life - my own or anyone else's.”

“I don't like the idea of fitting into a mould so as to conform. What I like is the danger, the difference - being unpredictable.”

“In France, I guess there's something like a tyranny in mentalities - we accept success badly, beauty, money. People are certainly envious, and this creates negative energy. This is annoying. I suffered a great deal at one time. I had to fight harder than others. Add to that my marriage to Polanski.”

“Acting in another language is great, and I've done that. But you can't do it as well as you can do it in your own language.”

“Everything in life, bad or good, makes you change and grow - happily, because if it didn't, we'd be machines.”

“I don't like French food. I like everything but French food.”

“I don't really want to find myself face-to-face with 10,000 paparazzi. I just want to be comfortable.”

“I grew up around the Luxembourg Gardens, so I guess that is my best memory.”

“Sometimes when you do big movies, you can lose sometimes a little bit of soul.”