Marion Cotillard's Quotes

I'm always very scared when I start a movie because I never know if I'm going to be able to do a good job or do a very bad job.

I'm not a liar.

I'm not the kind of person who can do a lot of things at the same time.

I'm so lucky to have the opportunity to work with some directors and some actors I wouldn't have dared to think I would work with one day.

I've always had a repulsion going in a place where animals are in captivity.

If I wake up during a dream I can usually go back to sleep and finish the story.

If you search and search and stop searching, then ultimately you'll find what you need. It is the experience of living.

It was an amazing adventure, it was my dream to be in an American musical... I really hope you are going to love what you are going to see.

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

My dad was a mime and then he had his company and created plays for children and was very successful with it.

My parents always told me that if you want something, you can do whatever you have to do to get it. As long as it's not against someone else.

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.

What I like in this job is you can travel to many places, many imaginations.

When a script moves me, I find that I immediately understand a character. Of course not completely, but I do understand.

When I was little, there were so many people in my house. Everyone was enjoying themselves, rehearsing, having fun. It was like a playground.

You can't work all your life.

You don't really see yourself doing things, of course, but you feel.

You have to find the place where you abandon everything of yourself. Then you can let something else happen.

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 find it easier to play someone who is so far from me because you create someone - you build this person based on the story and the script, with the director.

It's a paradox to be an actress, living in the city, taking planes all the time, trying to find the right balance in this life, which is not so eco-friendly, and still try to respect the environment.

The first thing I have to do to erase my French accent is think that it is actually possible, whereas for the moment, I think it's not. I have a lot of work.

I think in friendship, you want to be there for your friend, and sometimes you just don't know what to do or the relationship you have with them is not clear enough for you to know what to do.

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

I would love to go into an animal's dream - like a lion's or a cat's. I'm sure that's pretty awesome.

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