Anne Parillaud Quotes

To what purpose is it to be artificially happy on the surface? - Anne Parillaud

On the surface I look fragile and insecure; you have to know me very well. - Anne Parillaud

No one is truly doing very well. One surely isn't here to do well. Surely we have another purpose: Perhaps to know who one is, to know that which makes us suffer and that which causes suffering for others; maybe to love someone... Perfection is the ability to admit imperfection. - Anne Parillaud

Knowing what I know of love, I hang back because I don't like to lie to myself. - Anne Parillaud

It's terrifying, that unconditional love you have for a child. I still wonder if she really came from me, from my womb. It's a miracle. I don't understand it. I live it very intensely. - Anne Parillaud

I try to live the moment and not obey laws, rules, conventions, or norms; to react to a sensation, a feeling, or an emotion. You can't program emotion. - Anne Parillaud

I had never even thought I'd be an actress - I was supposed to be a lawyer. But the motivation is the same: when you act, you defend a role; you have to be convincing. It's the same career. - Anne Parillaud

I adore people who ask questions and who cause others to share in their search. - Anne Parillaud

Body language is essential for an actress, even if you don't use your body in an athletic way. Just to be free, to use it like your voice. A body can be small and have incredible violence. A body talks. - Anne Parillaud

Actors should be timeless and impersonal. - Anne Parillaud

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