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“I know some real intellectual people who might laugh, very close friends who might laugh when I'm said to be an intellectual.”

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Isabelle Huppert

Isabelle Huppert is an internationally renowned French film actress, born on March 16, 1953. She is known for her exquisite acting skills and diverse roles, holding a significant position in the film industry. more

“When you're an actress you are in a very specific position, cerebrally, I would think you know. You are a thinking person but you are in a certain perception of the world between really being conceptual and completely stupid. So you are in between, with a lot of intuition and instinct. And that's not completely being intellectual because I think intuition is more blurred. It comes from intuition. Instinct. More than really reasoning.”

Thinking Knows World Persons Certain Stupid Position Perception Intellectual Instinct Intuition Actresses Reasoning Perception Of The World Thinking Person

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“We all pretend to be very strong, and then in a fraction, you can just break down, at least for me.”

Strong Break Very Strong Breaking Down Fractions

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“Balzac, you know, our great Balzac, he wrote interesting things about how in literature you keep distance in order to express great feelings. You have to keep a distance - and it's exactly the same with acting.”

Knows Feelings Order Literature Interesting Acting Distance Interesting Things Great Feelings Balzac

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“One job is to be an actor, the other job is to be a spectator.”

Jobs Actors Spectators

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“By definition, acting is improvisation, even if you follow the lines. You invent what you do, when you do it.”

Ifs Lines Acting Definitions Improvisation

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“What people think improvisation is and non-improvisation is, it's nothing to do with what you like or dislike. It's all about how it happens with certain directors and certain scenes. That's the way it works. It's not something, in general, that you can decide.”

People Thinking Way Happens Certain Scene Directors Working It Dislike Improvisation

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“To be "here and now," in principle, is just for once. And then you have to repeat that.”

Principles Repeats Here And Now

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“To me acting and doing movies is really strongly about the present time. It's all about when you do it. It's to create this feeling of extreme awareness and concentration. Because it doesn't happen without an extreme concentration, when you are completely immersed and focused on that.”

Feelings Happens Acting Awareness Extremes Focused Concentration Present Time

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“To be a great director, what does it mean exactly? It's not only about a great director, but also about being able to rely on the very special chemistry that goes between them. It not only has to be a great director, but the great director has to make his relationship to you, the actor, very special.”

Mean Doe Able Actors Special Directors Rely Chemistry

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