Of course when I started, it's not because I was such a brilliant actress. I didn't know I was good. I thought I was really bad. I was very shy. I was 18 and dreaming of becoming an actress. — Carole Bouquet Copy Share Image
You get stared at the whole time. I first noticed that when I was about 13. I was very shy. Being considered beautiful, I always felt that people were waiting for something more. I imagined you were supposed to have… — Carole Bouquet Copy Share Image
Of course when I started, it's not because I was such a brilliant actress. I didn't know I was good. I thought I was… — Carole Bouquet Copy Share Image
This new thing about liking yourself, I find that absolutely appalling. Anyone who likes themselves, I just can't go too close to them. To… — Carole Bouquet Copy Share Image
Acting is our job, not talking about it. In France, they know me like I belong to their family. I go somewhere and I… — Carole Bouquet Copy Share Image
I did get offers from Hollywood, but they were all scripts with monsters in them. If I had done them, I would have disappeared.… — Carole Bouquet Copy Share Image
The problem with movies is that you see from the first day - you're on a train, and if the movie is not going… — Carole Bouquet Copy Share Image
People have to identify with their own stories, with their own lives, so a movie belongs to a country and to a culture. Sometimes… — Carole Bouquet Copy Share Image
When you're young, all the accidents, all the pain you take them; but at least you're very strong. In fact through time, it's just… — Carole Bouquet Copy Share Image
Political debate is of no interest to me. What I want are practical solutions. — Carole Bouquet Copy Share Image
My characters always start well in movies. Almost every movie I've done starts with a happy marriage, it's all beautiful, wealthy, whatever... and then… — Carole Bouquet Copy Share Image
I was lucky enough to be able to do comedies, dramas, completely different parts. At the beginning, when you start you have a fantasy… — Carole Bouquet Copy Share Image
I'm attached to my land in Pantelleria as if I'd inherited it. Acting is my job, Pantelleria is my home. — Carole Bouquet Copy Share Image
A man can't pass on, like a mother could, an awareness of your body, or sensuality, or what it means to be a woman.… — Carole Bouquet Copy Share Image
