Being a famous actress may give you a sense of being important, but believe me, it's just an illusion.

— Juliette Binoche

But I've never felt that being an actress is being in a comfortable place. It's seen from the outside that we're being driven in big cars and having these gorgeous suites and all of that. But come on, it's not about that.

— Juliette Binoche

For me, habit is just a synonym for death.

— Juliette Binoche

I like intensity. If it's too mellow, I feel like, bleak. 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.

— Juliette Binoche

It's never been my purpose to become an American icon, or more famous or richer.

— Juliette Binoche

It's not a struggle to be on a diet. You feel lighter, and your spirit is lighter, too. But I love chocolate, and I allow myself to have chocolate. That doesn't go against a diet for me.

— Juliette Binoche

I've never thought of my characters as being sad. On the contrary, they are full of life. They didn't choose tragedy. Tragedy chose them.

— Juliette Binoche

I want to know why I'm alive. I want to understand. It's like exploration; it's like someone being interested in a place and its history, digging into the earth and looking for it, searching - it's a passion.

— Juliette Binoche

I was used to theater classes. I studied with my mother; she was a theater teacher and directed, too, so it was very family-like. Then I studied with a great teacher in Paris, and she was wonderful; she pushed me, but she was a warm soul.

— Juliette Binoche

Movies are open doors, and at every door, I change character and life... I live for the present always. I accept this risk. Furthermore, I don't deny the past, but it's a page to turn.

— Juliette Binoche