Anne Parillaud Quotes

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

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

"Actors should be timeless and impersonal."
-Anne Parillaud

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