Juliette Binoche Quotes

"You have to have the courage to wait, to say no, ... And that's difficult. This job is very uncertain, and it's frightening."
-Juliette Binoche

"It's difficult to bring the feminine element into these religions and to put an important woman next to Jesus."
-Juliette Binoche

"The themes have to do with immigration, our past, and are we guilty when we're 6 years old, ... For me, the big subject is not what my husband in the film (Daniel Auteuil) has done as a child, but in not recognizing his fault, he's damaged someone's life. The theme is universal; it doesn't just belong to the French-Algerian past, but triggers something we all can share."
-Juliette Binoche

"I've never thought of my characters as being sad. On the contrary, they are full of life. They didn't choose tragedy. Tragedy chose them."
-Juliette Binoche

"Movies are open doors, and at every door, I change character and life."
-Juliette Binoche

"My ambition is to have beautiful encounters, not to make money."
-Juliette Binoche

"I wanted to have an international career, which I have, and be free to work with whoever I wanted to work with. My instinct was to go back to France afterwards. I went to do a small film, then I went back and forth."
-Juliette Binoche