“Perhaps Europeans are a bit more skeptic whereas Americans are more believers.” Quote by Isabelle Huppert
“In a very complex way, things have improved in the dramatic field. Before you had the good and the bad and you couldn't mingle them. Now it's more ambiguous.” WayFieldsComplexesDramaticAmbiguous Author:Isabelle Huppert
“Once you have made the decision to do the film, once you have identified the desire and all the deep and personal, intimate, artistic reasons why you want to do the film, then it's more a matter of how to do things” WantMadeMatterReasonFilmDesireDecisionArtisticReason WhyIntimate Author:Isabelle Huppert
“For a long time I have compared cinema to music, I think cinema has a lot to do with the rhythm of music.” ThinkingLongLong TimeRhythmCinema Author:Isabelle Huppert
“But someone like Claude Chabrol tries to make a connection between the society in which we live and the social reasons which make monsters out of some people” PeopleTryingReasonSocialConnectionsMonsters Author:Isabelle Huppert
“Before I do a play I say that I hope it's going to be for as short a time as possible but, once you do it, it is a paradoxical pleasure. One evening out of two there are five minutes of a miracle and for those five minutes you want to do it again and again. It's like a drug.” WantTwoPlayPleasureFiveMinutesDrugMiracleEveningAgain And AgainFive MinutesParadoxical Author:Isabelle Huppert
“The Greeks already understood that there was more interest in portraying an unusual character than a usual character - that is the purpose of films and theatre.” CharacterFilmPurposeInterestUnderstoodTheatreGreekUnusualUsualPortraying 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
“For me, making films is like being on vacation, it's a nice walk. But theatre is like mountaineering. You never know whether you're going to fall off or make it to the top.” KnowsFilmFallWalksNiceTheatreVacationBeing NiceMountaineering Author:Isabelle Huppert
“I think being an actress is more how to cope with the fact that you can't do anything else than to express a talent. It's a way of being untalented for anything” ThinkingWayFactsTalentActressesUntalented Author:Isabelle Huppert
“For an actress there is no greater gift than having a camera in front of you, listening to the most beautiful music in the world and just being looked at!” WorldBeautifulGreaterFrontsListeningCamerasActressesJust BeingBeautiful Music Author:Isabelle Huppert