Isabelle Huppert Quotes

I think as an actor you want to keep being challenged.

Through theater and acting school, I found a way to articulate myself.

I never saw an actor and thought, 'Wow, I want to be like that.' It's just I wanted it to be part of my life.

This art of acting is a process I love very much. It's an unbelievably fulfilling experience for me and I look forward to building upon my art in the years to come.

When I was younger, I had no idea that I would be an actor. I had an interest in it, but I never actually did it. I didn't really expect it to be a career path.

I didn't set out wanting to be an actress. That's not what I did. I didn't go to class striving to become an actress. I just basically - honestly, I didn't have anything else going.

I would be an actress for the rest of my life just because it's really relaxing. Writing is hard work, and stand-up is so stressful before you get on stage, but acting is a complete ensemble experience.

Once I found acting and found that I could get away with it and make a living out of it, I was thrilled.

Acting found me. I thought maybe I should try to find it again. We'll see.

I don't think I would be an actor if I was that intelligent.

I had been singing all my life, but I started acting in high school.

I became disillusioned with dance when I was 16 and started focusing on acting.

I have the desire to work as an actress, but I have no ambition to be a star.

When I was in my freshman year at college I took some acting classes and found that I fell in love with it again.

I'm just an actor, that's nothing special.

The great thing about acting is that, until you're dead, you can do it. There are aspects to it that as time goes on you hope you get better at, and there are a lot of things that I'm excited to explore.

I know that I am one and I've made a living as an actor and I enjoy being an actor, but when I'm not actually doing it, I forget that I do it.

I never started out trying to be an actor. That was not my passion, this was not my thing.

I started acting almost on a whim to help my music career.

To start, I wasn't really interested in acting at all, and I didn't make much impact. The first play I was in was on for five nights and I didn't show up for two of them and nobody noticed. But I stayed because that's where my friends were, and after a while I found myself wanting to inhabit other people's worlds and lives.

It was only when I realized how actors have the power to move people that I decided to pursue acting as a career.

And I had a lot to play, which is what you want as an actor.

Circumstances made me the theatrical personality I am, which many people believe is also a part of my personal life.

The idea for actors is to make a living telling stories, so if you can do that, then you're way ahead of the game.

I never went to drama school, but I did learn a couple of things along the way.