Isabelle Huppert Quotes

"If I seem detached or distant, it's because I think this is a more exact reproduction of life, where you hide as much as you show. When I see a scene in which feelings get loudly exteriorized, I say to myself, 'Well, at least this never happens to me.' I very rarely go through this type of expression. Most of the time things are hidden or at least much more subdued."
-Isabelle Huppert

"I'm standing all the way through the piece, very stiff like a tree, very much rooted in the earth, ... It's like she was wishing to die standing, to die alive. It's a strange feeling."
-Isabelle Huppert

"Venice brings me luck. There is no great role without a great director, so from the bottom of my heart I thank Patrice."
-Isabelle Huppert

"I'm very happy. But when this sort of thing happens, it's best to have a certain detachment."
-Isabelle Huppert

"Yes, that is true, ... A mutual friend of ours told me that Alexandra wanted to give me that script, so she didn't come out of nowhere. But it did take me a while before I read it. Then she insisted every morning and after a few months I read it and I thought, 'Oh my God, it's very good.'"
-Isabelle Huppert

"My mom's a Catholic, and my dad's a Jew, and they didn't want anything to do with anything."
-Isabelle Huppert

"The story is very cruel and very sharp."
-Isabelle Huppert

"Outstanding contribution to cinema."
-Isabelle Huppert