To be a great director, what does it mean exactly? It's not only about a great director, but also about being able to rely on the very special chemistry that goes between them. It not only has to be a… — Isabelle Huppert Copy Share Image
Yes, he wanted me to do Funny Games before, which I didn't want to do because the film was very theoretical - the way… — Isabelle Huppert Copy Share
I don't get many good offers. I like to follow the same kind of path I follow in France. If I don't feel the… — Isabelle Huppert Copy Share
Even for the most difficult scenes, and there are difficult scenes in the film, and because Michael Haneke is such a great film-maker -… — Isabelle Huppert Copy Share
I've done many, many French movies and many, many English movies. I think it frees something when you don't talk in your mother language,… — Isabelle Huppert Copy Share
It was sometimes 60 degrees [Celsius], but it's very strange, cinema makes you forget reality most of the time. You are more concerned about… — Isabelle Huppert Copy Share
Going through this musical experience really helped us to understand the core of the film. — Isabelle Huppert Copy Share
The Greeks already understood that there was more interest in portraying an unusual character than a usual character - that is the purpose of… — Isabelle Huppert Copy Share
For me, making films is like being on vacation, it's a nice walk. But theatre is like mountaineering. You never know whether you're going… — Isabelle Huppert Copy Share
I think movies say a lot [about real life], even more than theater. It says a lot about the invisible, that movies are so… — Isabelle Huppert Copy Share
I know some real intellectual people who might laugh, very close friends who might laugh when I'm said to be an intellectual. — Isabelle Huppert Copy Share
“I really admire people who don’t need to live surrounded by lots of stuff. My bedroom is piled up with clothes and books, papers… — Isabelle Huppert Copy Share
What people think improvisation is and non-improvisation is, it's nothing to do with what you like or dislike. It's all about how it happens… — Isabelle Huppert Copy Share
