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Eva Green

(1980) Composer France

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Eva Green is a composer from France, best known for From the Shadows.

Quick Facts About Eva Green

Born: July 6, 1980
Nationality: France
Profession: Composer
Notable works: From the Shadows

About Eva Green

Eva Gaëlle Green is a French actress who began in theatre and made her film debut in 2003. She is the daughter of actress Marlène Jobert and often plays eccentric, villainous, and complex characters in both big‑budget and independent movies. Green portrayed Queen Sibylla of Jerusalem in Kingdom of Heaven (2005) and Bond girl Vesper Lynd in Casino Royale (2006), for which she received the BAFTA Rising Star Award.

Awards & Honors

BAFTA Rising Star Award Empire Award for Best Newcomer Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres

Quotes by Eva Green · Page 2

In Los Angeles, I feel like the ugly duckling, like I'm from Venus or something.

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Success is very ephemeral. You depend entirely on the desire of others, which makes it difficult to relax.

Desire

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I'm very scared of water. When you don't see the water... I imagine monsters - stupid things.

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For Tim Burton's birthday I gave him a rainbow beetle. He loved it!

Birthday

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I'm not into social media. I'm like from another century.

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We all show facets, to your mother, or to your boyfriend, or a friend. You're always a bit different.

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When I'm at an event, I like to be an eccentric dresser. I will just keep wearing what I like.

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I want to travel. Maybe I'll end up living in Norway, making cakes.

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I was born in Paris, and it's a beautiful place, but London feels like home. I like the village feeling, I like…

Beautiful

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I also liked Daniel Craig. He's not like any other Bond. So we'll see. In 10 years I might be cursed for…

Bond

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I go shopping maybe three times a year in an intense way. I'm like a man. Can't spend too much time in…

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I don't watch anything I'm in. Not even on set. I won't go over to the monitor to watch what we've just…

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I love fashion from the 1930s and '40s - shoulder pads, high waists, things with structure. That is classy for me. Andrea…

Amazing

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Oh, yeah, I like a high neck. And I like naked backs. It seems very sexy. Red carpets are about being a…

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I wear no makeup in real life. I'm very simple. That may be why I go over the top for the red…

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I was very studious, too much. I would never go out at weekends. I was very serious. You should have seen me…

Blushing

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I rehearsed it a lot underwater with a mouthpiece for Casino Royale and not freaking out, because you can't see a thing.…

Bad night

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I think British men build up the idea of us French girls having some magic extra sex appeal so much, they lose…

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We didn't have a lot of time to really prepare for a great chemistry. It was more instantaneous and instinctive. In the…

Chemistry

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I struggle to watch myself in any scene, to be honest. What's done is done. I wish I was able to watch…

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I think it's very important to recognize talent in all facets of filmmaking. Making a movie is such a lengthy and intense…

Cinema

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I was very, very nervous about the naked scenes. I'm very shy and reserved. But it was Bertolucci and I have seen…

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I don't wear base, as I don't like to cover up my freckles, but I couldn't live without YSL Touche Eclat for…

Circles

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The good thing about this Casino Royale thing, that I hope and pray, is that I'll have more opportunities. That roles will…

Auditions

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Lots of shy people dress a bit too much. It's just kind of an armour. People say the same thing about me.

Dress

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I didn't know about the Bond girl thing. I was approached very quickly, boom, boom, boom, it happened.

Bond

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Everyone wants to work in America. Maybe not blockbusters or Terminator, but to have the choice.

America

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In this business actors who have Botox or surgery make you very aware of age. It's awful.

Actors

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I feel like I'm 1,000. I don't feel I'm young enough a lot of the time.

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I'm not really involved with politics... I'm living in my cocoon with my classical music around.

Classical

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Most of the women in film are there to be beautiful to the man.

Beautiful

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I am a dreamer. Seriously, I'm living on another planet.

Dreamer

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England understands good Chinese, Japanese and Indian cuisine; in France, we just get French.

Chinese

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In a Tim Burton movie, you know it's going to be something unusual, or a bit mad. Something "other."

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I love the musicality of English. French sounds flat. In English, you can play with pitch.

English

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If I can avoid doing stunts, I will. I don't want to die just for a movie. It's not worth it.

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At drama school, I always picked the really evil roles. It's a great way to deal with your everyday emotions.

Drama

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It's quite hard to find a ballsy or complex character. So the roles I've taken are those. Lot's of people put me…

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I'm not really keen on men wearing perfumes. It's just a bit wrong! I don't find it sexy. I prefer essential oils…

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For me, working out is nothing to do with looks. It's to let it all out - the stress, the self-consciousness -…

Exercise

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