Berenice Bejo Quotes

Heath Ledger is someone I know and would like to do a film with.

You never want to just be outrageous for outrageous' sake 'cause then it doesn't work, and it's not believable. You want to be as true to whatever character you're playing.

Sometimes in entertainment, when people have done the Academy Awards - like, for example, in 'The Bodyguard' - I just didn't believe it; it didn't feel authentic.

I love direction. I met Roopesh Peethambaran and assisted him in his maiden venture, 'Theevram'.

I don't champion the idea of being in a Hollywood movie. I never had fun in one of them.

I've made many films and only a few times I've played real people.

There were certain films where I went, 'Oh, my God, I'm doing a movie.'

I adore Bette Davis and Vivien Leigh, but more because they were good actresses. That's what makes me interested in them, that they didn't present themselves as idols; they were just doing their jobs.

I would like to have a movie under my own control sometime, and see what could be done with it. Who knows? Maybe Hollywood will make an improvisational movie someday.

I love actors. That's my bread and butter, and I got to work with some amazing ones on '12 Years'.

It's always been a dream of mine to be in a Woody Allen comedy.

I can speak of actors that I love. I love Cate Blanchett, Viola Davis, her tenacity. I love Charlize Theron. She's so surprising and so exhilarating, the kinds of projects she takes on. Marion Cotillard as well.

Well, you know what they say in Hollywood - the most important thing is being sincere, even if you have to fake it.

I really want to work with Hugh Jackman and also Steven Spielberg.

If someone asked me to be in a movie, I'd be more than happy.

Part of an actor's job, in my opinion, is adjust to the characteristics of the director and try to understand to how he tries to work.

You don't really think about 3D when you're acting. As a director, you do.

I'd love to work with Sean Penn or Kevin Spacey.

If you do well as an actor, a good director will pick up on it, and keep it in the film.

But Clint I love, because Clint was my mentor. I knew nothing about making an Italian movie.

There are no great scripts - just great films.

The more ridiculous the character is, the more sincerity you have to bring to it.

A man becomes what he dreams. And I dreamed of being in the movies. I was brought up on Steve McQueen, Clint Eastwood, Warren Beatty, and Cary Grant.

I admire James Franco. I admire somebody like Jack Nicholson. Anyone who just does movies for the sake of making movies and takes big risks.

Acting is trying to be absolutely truthful; to get audiences to believe that you are a dean, when, actually, not only are you not the dean, but if you walked into the building they'd probably throw you out. That's very hard.