Marion Cotillard

Every Story is different, Every Movie is different, Every Director is different.

— Marion Cotillard

I was never really interested in fashion before I started to work with Dior. I didn't see fashion as an art form.

— Marion Cotillard

My first kiss was in the geography room, where you put all the maps. I actually don't know how to say it…

— Marion Cotillard

I came close to depression, but when I started to feel I could really lose myself, I somehow escaped it.

— Marion Cotillard

I'm not the kind of person who can do a lot of things at the same time.

— Marion Cotillard

We lost this animal instinct that we used to have. We use a very low percentage of our instinct.

— Marion Cotillard

I think you're where you have to be and I'm not a person who wants to control things too much because I…

— Marion Cotillard

I would love to go into an animal's dream - like a lion's or a cat's. I'm sure that's pretty awesome.

— Marion Cotillard

I'm always very scared when I start a movie because I never know if I'm going to be able to do a…

— Marion Cotillard

When you don't have time, especially for a director, you cannot do exactly what you want to do. You have to cut…

— Marion Cotillard

I don't think you learn how to act. You learn how to use your emotions and feelings, and my first teacher was…

— Marion Cotillard

I find it easier to play someone who is so far from me because you create someone - you build this person…

— Marion Cotillard

Im so lucky to have the opportunity to work with some directors and some actors I wouldnt have dared to think I…

— Marion Cotillard

The first thing I have to do to erase my French accent is think that it is actually possible, whereas for the…

— Marion Cotillard

It's a paradox to be an actress, living in the city, taking planes all the time, trying to find the right balance…

— Marion Cotillard

It was an amazing adventure, it was my dream to be in an American musical... I really hope you are going to…

— Marion Cotillard

When I was a kid, my dream was to be an actress and to be able to jump from one world to…

— Marion Cotillard

I cry watching 'Camille' with Greta Garbo. I have to say that - while it might sound weird - it will be…

— Marion Cotillard

I think searching is a beautiful thing. There is this thought that goes, If you search and search and stop searching, then…

— Marion Cotillard

Sometimes you don't need to explain how you care and love someone so much, but I really love him as a person…

— Marion Cotillard

'Particularly' is particularly difficult because the 'L' and the 'R' are totally different, like totally different letters. I would spend hours in…

— Marion Cotillard

I always thought that I was a terrible writer. And I started to write songs. And I started to like what I…

— Marion Cotillard

I don't have a favorite process. My favorite process is the right process for the person I am working with. I can…

— Marion Cotillard

I started to write songs. And I started to like what I was writing. I think it's a new way for me…

— Marion Cotillard

I love being one of the musicians in the back. The light is on the singer and Im in the band. I…

— Marion Cotillard

When you are abandoned by two parents as a baby - wow, that is something to live with.

— Marion Cotillard

It was right after I did Piaf, 'La Vie en Rose'. I started to take singing lessons and finding where I could…

— Marion Cotillard

My dad was a mime and then he had his company and created plays for children and was very successful with it.

— Marion Cotillard

I am not very good at expressing myself in a simple way so it can create mis-understandings and I hate that.

— Marion Cotillard

Toni Collette is one of my favorite. I have a passion for actresses. The list is going to be very, very long.

— Marion Cotillard

Respect the place you live, be aware of the impact that you have on things.

— Marion Cotillard

The first thing, the main thing, about how I work is I need to understand the character.

— Marion Cotillard

I never thought that I would have to play an Indian, well half French, but an Indian woman in my life.

— Marion Cotillard

I don't think you learn how to act. You learn how to use your emotions and feelings.

— Marion Cotillard

It's pretty refreshing to be in a situation where the spotlight is on someone else.

— Marion Cotillard

I never take anything personally when it doesn't concern me.

— Marion Cotillard

I don't really pay attention to which accent I have. I'm in a singular box as an actress.

— Marion Cotillard

You know what? I would love to go into an animals dream, like a lions or a cats. Im sure thats pretty…

— Marion Cotillard

My team puts forward a selection of dresses, and I choose the one I feel most natural in.

— Marion Cotillard

That Paris exists and anyone could choose to live anywhere else in the world will always be a mystery to me.

— Marion Cotillard