Quotes from Marion Cotillard

I never analyzed whether I had a style or whether I didn't. I wouldn't be able to describe my style or even tell if I have one or not.

I wish sometimes that I could be Daniel Day-Lewis and say, 'You know what? If you want me to do this, I'm going to need a year to prepare myself.' But if I do that, they'll say, 'Thank you very much,' and they'll take someone else.

It's pretty refreshing to be in a situation where the spotlight is on someone else.

I never dreamt to be a princess in my life; I really dreamt to be an actress, but I dreamt of princesses on screen.

Before I was a mum, I could live in another dimension, create another world, and it wouldn't bother me if I was not totally available or totally myself. Today I cannot do that anymore.

I was never really interested in fashion before I started to work with Dior. I didn't see fashion as an art form.

When someone would come up to me in the street, I would either run away or burst into tears. I didn't know what to do. I don't think you're ever prepared for this.

The biggest challenge to me is always technique.

I don't stick to special techniques, conscious techniques.

As a teenager, I didn't want to be me; I wanted to be many different people. Maybe I realized that they all lived inside me and that if I managed to connect with them, they would become aspects of me.

I don't think you learn how to act. You learn how to use your emotions and feelings.

I'm not a method actor, but I'm affected by the life I share my life with during shooting. It's always a very strange and special period for me.

My team puts forward a selection of dresses, and I choose the one I feel most natural in.

Usually when I work, I'm totally dedicated to the role, and when I leave the set, I bring some of my character home with me, but I can't bring anyone home with me now because my son would freak out.

My parents definitely sparked something in me. I'm sure of it. I saw how happy and fulfilled they were, and I knew I wanted the same job.

Filmmaking is not about gender. You cannot ask a president in a festival like Cannes to have, like, five movies directed by women and five by men.

I have a tendency to often share the point of view of the conspiracy theory.

I am not very good at planning things, actually, but I believe that things happen when they need to and when they have to.

I've always known actors because my parents are actors on stage and so I lived in a very creative environment when I was a kid. All my life.

It cannot be stressful. It just has to be fun. There are many, many things to stress for in this life -- not getting ready for a red carpet.

I never thought that I would have to play an Indian, well half French, but an Indian woman in my life.

An artist is maybe not always having a normal life.

Did a man really walk on the moon? I saw plenty of documentaries on it, and I really wondered.

You don't sleep anymore, but at the same time, you have this strength that comes from this life that has just arrived. It's a big cliche how your priorities change, but every parent knows that sometimes there's a thunderstorm, and you look at his eyes, and everything is all right. It is a revolution of everything you feel.