Juliette Binoche
Juliette Binoche
Juliette Binocheis a French actress, artist and dancer. She has appeared in more than 40 feature films, been recipient of numerous international awards, and has appeared on stage and in movies across the world. Coming from an artistic background, she began taking acting lessons during adolescence. After performing in several stage productions, she began acting in films by auteur directors Jean-Luc Godard, Jacques Doillonand André Téchiné, who made her a star in France with the leading role in his 1985...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth9 March 1964
CityParis, France
CountryFrance
Before I thought there was a common denominator between my films - as if all my characters were sisters - but I'm not so sure now.
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.
A director could be 20 years old and an actor 60, or vice versa; it doesn't matter. It's about connecting sensibility and energy together, and having a vision that goes together and anchors the film as you go along.
It's challenging as an actor to let go but I had some pleasure out of it too. To not have the effort of having to present myself is quite liberating.
I'm very patient and always willing to try things but I have some resistance as well because I have my own vision. I have resistance sometimes because I see a director who's freaking out and wants to have control and they sometimes anticipate about what I'm going to be doing or not.
Movies are open doors, and at every door, I change character and life... I live for the present always. I accept this risk. I don't deny the past, but it's a page to turn.
You have to have the courage to wait, to say no, ... And that's difficult. This job is very uncertain, and it's frightening.
We're here to be with her, and to help her in a spiritual way. I think our presence here is a way to sustain the possibility of freedom.
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.