Top 52 Quotes by Emmanuelle Beart

You may think of me as an object of desire and I'm going to tell you that I can be in front of you naked and not be erotic.

My looks haven't prevented me from playing prostitutes or people broken by life. But when they need a token blonde with big breasts, that's OK, too. It's part of the game.

After 10 years of French torture - psychological torture - it's great to do an American movie.

I played football when I was little. I didn't want to be an actress at all, I wanted to be a majorette in an Australian circus. That was my ambition.

We've all had that fear, that despair of losing someone, or this fierce desire because it's not reciprocated. The less reciprocation there is, the more desire we have.

There are a lot of films where I play characters that are about the windows to the interior person rather than the exterior.

The body is an actor's tool, like the face, malleable. I never thought that being naked was immoral or outrageous.

My body is an instrument for me to use.

I am an actress, I earn money, I am well-known. I don't think it is altruism to become engaged in humanitarian work. It's the least one can do.

I don't always see my movies right away. And there are some I haven't seen at all. Sometimes that bothers the directors, so I'm obliged to see them.