Marie Trintignant Quotes

I think if a character appeals to you, there are certain parts of yourself will come to the fore and other parts that will play down.

I always try to find some part of a character that exists in me and plug that in.

The ideal way to approach a character is to find something in yourself that relates in some way.

I love books, and all the best ones are people analysing their own emotions. You can learn from that.

Sometimes you have to confront your demons and sometimes even let them loose to genuinely find a place where you can gain some understanding.

I think you have to know who you are. Get to know the monster that lives in your soul, dive deep into your soul and explore it.

That's the whole point of writing to me - I put my characters under incredible duress, and from that comes their truth. In a way, I'm using them to try to find my own answers in life.

I'm a woman who has gone through many heartaches, enough to dedicate my whole life to trying to figure them out.

For when a woman is left too much alone, sooner or later she begins to think;- And no man knows what then she may discover.

I like to think I'm multi-faceted. Actually, my favorite roles are roles like in 'Far from Heaven.' Y'know. Soft people. Loving people.

I never reflect or convey that which I have not experienced myself.

I don't really look at myself as the kind of person who craves attention, but I've never been to therapy so there's probably a lot of stuff about myself that I don't know.

There is no psychology; there is only biography and autobiography.

I like intensity. If it's too mellow, I feel like, bleah. I like intensity, because it's way of reaching spaces inside of you, and it's my need of knowledge, of knowing about myself regardless.

The thoughts of my emotionally so disturbed days must be found again, shifted and developed further. Here and there something of the loose remarks I make must be used, but only when it finds my attention again.

There's so much of our psychological makeup which is impermissible for us to explore because it's inappropriate or perverse or scary. I'm interested in exploring that in myself. I try to be honest with myself about everything that I feel. I'm not saying I'm able to do that all the time, but it's something I'm interested in.

I'm interested in writing that explores all sides of human beings.

To go into therapy is an adventure, not really to iron anything out.

I think shrinks are interesting to write about because you get to see what the character chooses to reveal, and what behaviors or stances the character tries out on the shrink that might not be part of the character's make-up outside of that room. It's an emotional test-kitchen.

Acting is usually regarded as a wholly narcissistic pursuit but there really is a hunger in me to unravel the human condition.

We saw in him what we seek in ourselves.

Emotional messiness is my reason for life. In acting, it's so important.

You want to live your life and live it just as fully and as deeply as you can. That's your deep well of reserve. That's where you get all your - the fodder for your work.

Everything I have ever written about has been about what's going on inside of us.

In every person, you have a world of personalities and souls, a world of perspectives that you can share. You can get into anyone's shoes. You've got to be willing to stare at the ugliest part of yourself and deal with it.