persuasion

I think women should wear whatever makeup they want for themselves. Makeup should be fun.

                              I don’t think that you can fake warmth.                You can fake lust, jealousy, anger; those are all quite easy.                 But actual, genuine warmth? I don’t think you can fake it.

As a little girl living in the English countryside, I used to go running around in the forests, creating my own fairy tale.

“Nice boys never say people eat insects.” I beg you pardon? It’s a mnemonic device. It helps you remember things. That’s, uh, the Maritimes: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, PEI. Nice boys…

The performances I enjoy are the ones that are hard to read or ambiguous or left-of-center because it makes you look closer and that’s what humans are like - quite mysterious creatures, hard to pinpoint.

I t ’ s  t h e  b e g i n n i n g  o f  t h e  l o n g e s t  d a y, the summer solstice. Sistere and sol, because the sun seems to stand still. We got through the night. My dear, it couldn’t have lasted forever. But you’re a good man. Very clever. Y o u ’ l l  m a k e  i t  t h r o u g h.

Arc de Triomphe and Notre-Dame de Paris - Paris, France (06.11.2017)

I adore my own life, more and more I love being myself, but I love this work of totally changing personalities, of creating something radically different from myself. I want to go profoundly into my roles. If not, what’s the point?

“All through my life what I’ve loved doing is watching movies. I love the escapism of film, I love stories. So it is incredible to be able to be in them as much as I am, to see them from the first stitch in a costume to the end product.”

“Dear God, what is it like in your funny little brains? It must be so boring!”

“Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky, Seven for the Dwarf-lords in halls of stone, Nine for Mortal Men, doomed to die, One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie. One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them. In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings.

I love films that make me react emotionally and physically when you walk out of the cinema. Two of my favorite films however have got to be ‘The Tree Of Life’ and 'The Piano Teacher,’ which also stars one of my favourite actresses, Isabelle Huppert.

To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love.

All through my life what I’ve loved doing is watching movies. I love the escapism of film, I love stories. So it is incredible to be able to be in them as much as I am, to see them from the first stitch in a costume to the end product.