Marion Cotillard Quotes

I never plan to stop acting, I take it very seriously.

I really do like working very closely with a director and developing characters.

There are scripts when you fall so much in love with your character. And if you are lucky and offered this part, you should not tempt your fate and go to the greatest extent to be/to play this character. If you have an opportunity to do that and you do not, it's shameful.

I've definitely become more aware and conscious of what directors I'm working with because it's so important. The director is really more than half the battle of the film. You really rely on that. That's become really, really important to me, for sure.

I've discovered just how symbiotic the relationship is between writers, directors and actors. They ask the same questions and strip down texts in exactly the same way.

You can see when an actor gets bored: Their eyes go dead. I promised myself I'd never let that happen. If it does, I'll go and live on a desert island for a year.

I check all my props, everything. Acting is something I love. I have done it since I was 13 but it had completely taken over my life absolutely.

As for pressure, there's always the desire to give my best to every film. After all, so many people put in so much of hard work.

When I did 'Lady in the Water,' the most exciting thing to me was to get to work with Bob Balaban - I couldn't leave the guy alone. I drove him crazy. He's fantastic and a hilarious guy.

Acting is something I work really, really hard on that I throw myself into a situation where I do work 18 hours a day. And I do hope to see longevity.

I'm no Method actor. I've tried staying in character, and it's just exhausting.

I take great responsibility in any character that I play.

If I'm gonna spend however long it takes to make a movie, give up 14 hours a day for however many weeks or months, then it's very important for me to know that I'm working with people who I respect and enjoy and that we're going for something together.

As a writer who has collaborated on projects, you give your life over to that project.

New directors are safe. They tell you the full story and since they are new, they try to put their heart and soul into the project.

I don't take any project lightly. Every project is important for me. In fact, every scene in every film is important.

I must say Steven Spielberg was great to me, and I loved working with him. He called me up on the phone and was like, "I want you to be in this movie - 1941. There are a couple of parts. You can take whichever one you want. One of them is a main character who is involved in everything, and there's another character who has his own storyline and goes off on his own. He's probably the funnier, more unique character." I said, "Well let me do that second one."

If you don't take it personally, the partnership between producers and directors is very intimate.

You come up with a story line, you hire the writer, the director, the stars, the set designer.

The truth of the matter is this - I never look for films specifically, because ultimately if the fundamentals of the character and the script and the director aren't there, it makes it a moot point.

I think a good director casts a film so that the actors bring a lot to the table.

When you are working hard, you don't have time for anything other than what you are doing in the scene and what the director wants.

I'm much more character based. I try to just be really committed to what I'm doing.

To make good films, you have to have a good relationship and good collaboration as composer-director, composer-editor, composer-production designer-actor because you're working with the actors on screen.

There was a moment when I changed from an amateur to a professional. I assumed the burden of a profession, which is to write even when you don't want to, don't much like what you're writing, and aren't writing particularly well