Emmanuelle Beart
Emmanuelle Beart
Emmanuelle Béart is a French film actress, who has appeared in over 60 film and television productions since 1972. An eight-time César Award nominee, she won the César Award for Best Supporting Actress for the 1986 film Manon des Sources. Her other film roles include La Belle Noiseuse, A Heart in Winter, Nelly and Mr. Arnaud, Mission: Impossibleand 8 Women...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth14 August 1963
CityGassin, France
CountryFrance
I have never had so much fun as in Montreal. I taught the kids French, I baby-sat, I went to school, I was a receptionist at a hairdresser's, I danced and drank all night. I found that the more you do, the more you have time to do... it's weird, non?
I am a voyager - and the voyage cannot mean that I stay at home.
There are moments when you feel that the desire to work is fading, and the only way to bring it back is to get away from it, to put yourself in a state of frustration so you feel the need again.
I don't see my old films, but I think of the characters I played as friends, like the women I meet in my life who made strong impressions on me. I remember them and they are part of me.
For me, I don't feel it is a success in the career to be the pretty woman; career success comes from being characters who tell us something about the truth.
There are a lot of films where I play characters that are about the windows to the interior person rather than the exterior.
If a man or woman has something redone it is because he or she can no longer live with that part of their body, it is no longer bearable. Either they get help and find the strength to fight or they proceed with the act.
When I'm playing a part, I can feel all my body playing it; it's like really making love.
The press follow me. I sue them. That's the deal.
The body is an actor's tool, like the face, malleable. I never thought that being naked was immoral or outrageous.
If I have one thing perfect, it's my eyebrows. And my feet. I love my feet. They're like Japanese feet. The rest I would like to hide. Especially my freckles. I feel ridiculous.
The body, in 'La Belle Noiseuse,' was the source of the artist's creativity.
My body is an instrument for me to use.
I don't give a damn about Hollywood.