Clemence Poesy Quotes
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I feel so lucky that I live in a society that lets women be. I think that's the one of the biggest fights to keep having, is to fight for women to have the right to live their life the way they want to live it.
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I think it is important to pass on the message to young people who are going through a difficult time with friends that it will pass.
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I think the people we meet in life and the loves of our lives are very, very important in what we become, like change us - when it's right, probably change us for the best.
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I've always felt lucky because my parents included my sister and I in their cultural life.
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I'm never anywhere for more than three weeks.
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I don't know if I see myself as an actress for the rest of my life.
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Acting makes you look at life and try to understand it in a beautiful way.
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I can wait for film projects without having to do things to live.
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I have a lot of respect and admiration for someone like Cate Blanchett, find Emma Thompson wonderful, Meryl Streep inspiring, Juliette Binoche full of light and Catherine Deneuve incredible.
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I think it's too bad when teenagers become conformist in terms of fashion,because it's the ideal time to go off into your own crazy thing without looking completely idiotic.
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An actor alone is a bit naked. Like when you do something in front of your mirror, you're usually really bad, because you're looking at yourself.
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I’m not fascinated by people who smile all the time. What I find interesting is the way people look when they are lost in thought, when their face becomes angry or serious, when they bite their lip, the way they glance, the way they look down when they walk, when they are alone and smoking a cigarette, when they smirk, the way they half smile, the way they try and hold back tears, the way when their face says they want to say something but can’t, the way they look at someone they want or love… I love the way people look when they do these things. It’s… beautiful.
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I used to spend hours at night, downstairs, in front of the only full-length mirror in the house, standing on the table working out what I would wear to school the next day.
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I actually don't trust anyone who tells me they don't like New York.
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My mother kept alive the best part for my sister and me. At the same time, she's always been someone who's very straight and solid, which wasn't that -common in families with "'68er" parents.
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I didn’t want people to decide what I was going to wear and what I was going to look like and how I should behave.
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Once I caught my dad in front of the TV watching a tennis match, and I realized they were tricking us. Poor guy, he had to sneak in a tennis final - probably the French Open.
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That's the problem with the Internet: You do a naked scene and then it's taken out of context and put on websites that have nothing to do with film.
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I am interested in costume. Clothes in your daily life are important: your choices say something about you, even if what they're saying is about non-choice. And what you wear in a film is crucial.
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There's a kind of amateurishness among French actresses, but I don't share that completely.
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I've often been told that I'm a bit strange. I hear that pretty regularly, but it is not how I see myself.
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I had starred in TV movies without much artistic value. They gave me a certain range. I knew that I was going to continue my studies, but I wanted to try something else on the side. I wanted to see what would come of it.
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In the '80s, I was the only one who didn't watch the shows about teenagers. I had to go over to friends' houses to see them. I still don't have a TV!
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You have to encourage people not to give in to the temptation to be normal, even if it isn't easy - because when you're young, you really want to belong.
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When it comes to fame, I am in a very convenient position. I live a very normal life.
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I realised that since I was a child I wanted to be an actress just to dress up in big fabrics and corsets and have adventures riding horses with lots of blood and action!
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The more you live, the better an actor you are, but maybe I'd like to do something else on the side. Something to pay the bills as well.
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I had a grungy period and looked like a tramp for a very long time - my mum really hated it! I destroyed her entire '70s wardrobe by putting studs into everything - I thought I was really cool. But it's good to experiment - I even had dreadlocks at one point.
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I think denim is something everyone feels comfortable in. It's kind of my uniform, really.
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I constantly make fashion mistakes but I think it's good to take risks.
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