“If I seem detached or distant, it's because I think this is a more exact reproduction of life, where you hide as much as you show. When I see a scene in which feelings get loudly exteriorized, I say to myself, 'Well, at least this never happens to me.' I very rarely go through this type of expression. Most of the time things are hidden or at least much more subdued.” IfsThinkingWellsShowsFeelingsSeemsHappensExpressionTypeSceneDetachedReproduction Author:Isabelle Huppert
“If on paper one would say, "You're gonna spend three weeks in Death Valley," you say, "No, I'm not going to be able to." Very often, very quickly you forget about it.” IfsAbleThreeForgetWeekPaperValleys Author:Isabelle Huppert
“One would expect an actress to stand onscreen mostly as a caricature. If she would say, "I'm selling shoes," you would believe her. She says it and it creates this fiction, non-fiction perception of the film. People believe it because she says it. If she said, "I'm a butcher," people would believe it too, I think.” PeopleIfsThinkingBelieveSaidFilmFictionPerceptionShoesActressesSellingNon FictionCaricaturesButchersSelling Shoes Author:Isabelle Huppert
“By definition, acting is improvisation, even if you follow the lines. You invent what you do, when you do it.” IfsLinesActingDefinitionsImprovisation Author:Isabelle Huppert
“I don't get many good offers. I like to follow the same kind of path I follow in France. If I don't feel the movie is very original or has a good amount of potential, I don't do it. In the films I've done I can feel I'm part of a specific universe, but those sorts of opportunities are quite rare.” IfsFeelsKindI CanDoneFilmUniverseOpportunityPathAmountOffersOriginalsFrance Author:Isabelle Huppert
“I don't know if you ever say to yourself that you want to be an actress. It eventually becomes a social function - you are an actress and you make a living out of it, but at the beginning it's more a matter of how to survive, or how to exist in a certain way.” IfsKnowsWayWantMatterCertainSocialFunctionActresses Author:Isabelle Huppert
