Sylvia Kristel

I was a silent actress: a body. I belonged to dreams - to those who can't be broken.

— Sylvia Kristel

I love to invent - avoiding the truth. I need to dramatize.

— Sylvia Kristel

I have to be careful not to be too proud in life, because there is always room for improvement.

— Sylvia Kristel

I'm very glad to have something to be passionate about. I can't imagine a life without passion.

— Sylvia Kristel

The creams I use are not expensive. Nivea is just as good. Why waste a fortune?

— Sylvia Kristel

People don't assume John Wayne shoots people and rides a horse on weekends.

— Sylvia Kristel

Back then I didn't think a woman like that, or a relationship like that, could exist with complete freedom and no jealousy…

— Sylvia Kristel

I don't expect too much from the afterlife, I think that I know very well what pain is. When I think of…

— Sylvia Kristel

Men still assume I must be like the girl I played in 'Emmanuelle.' John Wayne was never accused of killing people during…

— Sylvia Kristel

When a new generation watches the films, people might mention that it has improved their lovemaking. I guess it's because it isn't…

— Sylvia Kristel

I have a talent for happiness. I look with the eyes of a painter, and I see beauty.

— Sylvia Kristel

The film was made in 1973. It was a golden time for people to experiment without risking, for example, AIDS. Today one…

— Sylvia Kristel

I still have agents in France, Los Angeles and Amsterdam who call and suggest parts. I'd love to keep on doing both…

— Sylvia Kristel

You're much better off as a love goddess to die around the age of 40.

— Sylvia Kristel

Of course it's difficult to top a box office success like Emmanuelle, so it will always be my most important work. But…

— Sylvia Kristel

My mother was Protestant, and in her mind life was more about work and obligations and responsibilities.

— Sylvia Kristel

No one has taken my heart in their hand. I haven't given it... I have lent myself, rented myself out, but never…

— Sylvia Kristel

I like this other world, this forgetting of myself. The actor works in order to escape, not to find himself. You become…

— Sylvia Kristel

As a painter you're responsible yourself, 100 percent. In film, you have the editor, the director, the other actors. It has the…

— Sylvia Kristel

I learned so much from other actors and they definitely didn't treat me like some sex bomb or bimbo. I felt fully…

— Sylvia Kristel

“People say they miss the deceased. I missed my father and my mother when they were still fully alive. They travelled through…

— Sylvia Kristel

The only thing I was trying to portray was serenity. Also, innocence, vulnerability and elegance.

— Sylvia Kristel

I am a divorced child, of divided, uncertain background. Within this division I - supposed fruit of their love - no longer…

— Sylvia Kristel

Self confidence for me is a fragile fleece.

— Sylvia Kristel

I make a big pot of pasta with vegetables, and I stretch it out for the week.

— Sylvia Kristel