Top 40 Quotes & Sayings by Sophie Marceau

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a French actress Sophie Marceau.

Last updated on December 21, 2024.

Sophie Marceau is a French actress. As a teenager, she achieved popularity with her debut films La Boum (1980) and La Boum 2 (1982), receiving a César Award for Most Promising Actress. She became a film star in Europe with a string of successful films, including L'Étudiante (1988), Pacific Palisades (1990), Fanfan (1993) and Revenge of the Musketeers (1994). She became an international film star with her performances in Braveheart (1995), Firelight (1997), Anna Karenina (1997) and as Elektra King in the 19th James Bond film The World Is Not Enough (1999). Some of her later films tackle critical social issues such as Arrêtez-moi (2013), Jailbirds (2015) or Everything Went Fine (2021).

French - Actress | Born: November 17, 1966

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And I think it's very rare to have good stories, well written comedies.

Sophie Marceau

What I am interested in is the present time.

Sophie Marceau

All I will say is that I'm playing a lot of different roles that, to be honest, are more interesting and demanding than any I've played before.

Sophie Marceau

Acting is wonderful therapy for people. Instead of suffering for yourself, someone will do it for you.

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But the privileges that one has enjoyed and exploited can sometimes turn against you: nobody thinks of you as a director, you are always an actress.

Sophie Marceau

I just heard a very funny story about somebody who died yesterday, I'm sorry to say so but it was so absurd that you can't help laughing. And the person that was concerned about that story was laughing too.

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Words, yes, formulating things, creating something from your heart, it is something very necessary, yes.

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Well it is sometimes difficult to act in another language.

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You know French means like sophisticated, well educated, so far.

Sophie Marceau

As you know it is a comedy so everything is a little bit pushed. That's what's funny about this kind of movie is you can laugh about the absurdity, and the bad side of life.

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I felt sometimes too responsible as an actor because people promote violence or weird things that I don't want to be part of.

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I'm a good storyteller.

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When you direct your first film, you always start by telling stories that you are familiar with.

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Mel Gibson would not be a good James Bond.

Sophie Marceau

Even if I think in English, it's more a language of acting than French.

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Acting is contained - you act for three months, then leave it - but writing is the act of creation. Writing is dangerous.

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I think it's almost easier to make people cry than to make people laugh.

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Genre aside, I'd like to make a film about people.

Sophie Marceau

I find the subject of childhood fascinating. I explored this subject in Speak to me of love and I am curious about portraying the often painful transition into the adult world.

Sophie Marceau

I need the seasons to live to the rhythm of rain and sun.

Sophie Marceau

So, sometimes, when I'm not happy with my performance and I have to think, I will think in English.

Sophie Marceau

There is no doubt that this film is autobiographical, but at the same time it also tries to portray an ordinary couple in a language that everyone can understand.

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It is something actresses need to go through and I think they look forward to being naked in a movie. I don't know why, but it is something you need to exhaust from yourself.

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You can perform all kind of characters but you cannot change what people feel for you.

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I think I'm a tough person, but for sure, I would talk under torture.

Sophie Marceau

Oh, I'm not English, I cannot talk on behalf of an English person. I'm French. I can say about French. They are quite emotional, though, and they talk about their emotions.

Sophie Marceau

Well it is sometimes difficult to act in another language

Sophie Marceau

What I am interested in is the present time

Sophie Marceau

It is something actresses need to go through and I think they look forward to being naked in a movie. I don't know why, but it is something you need to exhaust from yourself

Sophie Marceau

To be honest I don't really know because I really didn't care when I was writing about mixing up reality with what was not reality.

Sophie Marceau

Sometimes you choose the wrong actor, he could be the best actor ever, but hes not cast in the right part then it doesnt work.

Sophie Marceau

You wouldn't kill me. You'd miss me.

Sophie Marceau

So, sometimes, when I'm not happy with my performance and I have to think, I will think in English

Sophie Marceau

Oh, I'm not English, I cannot talk on behalf of an English person. I'm French. I can say about French. They are quite emotional, though, and they talk about their emotions

Sophie Marceau

Mel Gibson would not be a good James Bond

Sophie Marceau

I think it's almost easier to make people cry than to make people laugh

Sophie Marceau

There's no point living, if you can't feel alive.

Sophie Marceau

Relationships are difficult. It's life. You love life, so you fight. You fight because you love. Otherwise, you wouldn't fight. You work. You don't want to die. Why life is a fight, I don't know, but gosh! It is.

Sophie Marceau

When you direct your first film, you always start by telling stories that you are familiar with

Sophie Marceau

Top 40 Quotes & Sayings by Sophie Marceau

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