Melanie Laurent's Quotes

I don't really like those sorts of actresses who say, 'I don't want to make that movie,' but they make the movie. They just spend their time not liking being on a set and I just think it's absurd, because we are so lucky to do this job. When you accept to make a movie, just make the movie. And then it's more easy for relationships.

I never practice before, I never work hours on a script. I just choose my characters and trust them, and after that, it's about the director taking your hand.

I want to continue to make beautiful movies. The most important thing is to be a part of beautiful stories, that's all I want. So I don't care if it's a Hollywood movie or an independent movie or a Spanish or American movie. I care about telling stories.

Sometimes you just work, you work, you work, and you have no life, no boyfriend, you have no more friends, no more nothing, you just make movies, and you're tired, and you don't know why. Then everybody says, 'Oh you are so lucky, you are working!' And you're like, 'Oh yeah, oh yeah, it's so great!'

The thing is, making movies as an actress, you learn so many things. Like when you're making a movie with Quentin Tarantino you're just at the best cinema school ever.

When I was a little girl my parents always told me do everything you want in an artistic way. If you want to draw, make a drawing. Just do it. And if you want to play piano, play piano. It was a very free childhood where everything was possible.

When you're an artist, there's always a moment in your life when you think you're not inspired and instead of doing things and instead of travel and instead of falling in love, you're just depressed, so you don't move, so you don't change. So you're not inspired.

I'm not scared of growing old, I'm just scared of not achieving everything that I want to do.

A good director has to be a captain - he has to work with a lot of people every day.

Every time I play in a movie, I never expect that it'll be huge. I don't like thinking about that, because it's so scary.

France is an old country that needs to wake up.

I always choose my movie because of a director and a story and a, a character.

I didn't really want to act. Gerard Depardieu discovered me when I was 14 and asked if I wanted to make movies and I said, 'Why not?'

I like Chanel and Yves Saint Laurent. I have some great Balenciaga jackets and I'm shoe crazy.

I never took any theater lessons. So when I started to do movies, I was 14.

I think I was, like, maybe frustrated for many years because I didn't try to direct. And since I made my movie I'm just like, 'It's great.'

I think that everything is part of creativity - the more you create, the more you have ideas, and the more you meet people.

I'm in love with love, so I'm always taking risks! I think it's part of love, taking risks.

I'm not a crazy old cat lady!

I'm really confident. I had a perfect childhood. I had perfect parents and grandparents. They just love me, simply. So I have no fears.

I'm taking a break from music... everyone was so mean about it and it was so hard that I wanted to die.

It seems like the more you grow up the more you fear things.

It's so French to be a cat person.

The perfect life would be to have an amazing part every year and to spend all my free time to just write.

There are a lot of French actresses who just hate me now. I've made enemies.

When I think it's good not to say the truth, I don't say anything. I don't like actors in general, they lie, they are liars, trust me.