Quotes from Lea Seydoux

As an actor, it's up to you to show that you can do something else. For me, the interesting actors don't always go where you expect to find them.

I'm not as beautiful as a model.

I don't like modernity. I don't have television or the Internet at home. The Internet scares me. I can't drive a car.

I've always felt that Americans are very in the moment. There's not so much melancholia and mystery as there is in France. Everything must be understood. Everything must be analyzed.

In America, they are very respectful of your work. People are not judgmental. They like difference - to be different is a force. In France, you have to be like the girl next door.

I like to learn things from other cultures. I'm curious. It's exciting to be in an unknown world, in a way.

Actually, I started to become an actress because I met someone who was just a friend and I found his life wonderful, I thought, Oh my god, you can travel, you're free, you can do what you want, you're the boss. And then I met an actor and I was in love with him.

Actually, I started to become an actress because I met someone who was just a friend and I found his life wonderful, I thought, Oh my god, you can travel, you're free, you can do what you want, you're the boss. And then I met an actor and I was in love with him.

Even in between takes, you emerge yourself. So you don't have a life for six months.

I love being in the States because there's an emphasis on work. People are enthusiastic. They put heart into things.

It's a misogynistic world. It's because of what we ask of actresses. We ask them to be sensitive, fragile, desirable. And men? We ask them to be strong and virile.