Once you have made the decision to do the film, once you have identified the desire and all the deep and personal, intimate, artistic reasons why you want to do the film, then it's more a matter of how to do things. Isabelle Huppert artisticdecisiondeep share on social
I like to take these unusual characters and then make them as normal as possible, because we all know that the tragedy and the abnormal always hides itself behind the normal. Isabelle Huppert abnormalcharacterhide Change image and share on social
Perhaps Europeans are a bit more skeptic whereas Americans are more believers. Isabelle Huppert americanbelieverbite Change image and share on social
Yes, he wanted me to do Funny Games before, which I didn't want to do because the film was very theoretical - the way people experience violence on screen. There was very little space for fiction, it was more like a sacrifice for the actors than anything else. Isabelle Huppert actorexperiencefiction share on social
Before I do a play I say that I hope it's going to be for as short a time as possible but, once you do it, it is a paradoxical pleasure. One evening out of two there are five minutes of a miracle and for those five minutes you want to do it again and again. It's like a drug. Isabelle Huppert drugevenhope share on social
In a very complex way, things have improved in the dramatic field. Before you had the good and the bad and you couldn't mingle them. Now it's more ambiguous. Isabelle Huppert ambiguousbadcomplex Change image and share on social
For an actress there is no greater gift than having a camera in front of you, listening to the most beautiful music in the world and just being looked at! Isabelle Huppert actressbeautifulcamera Change image and share on social
I think being an actress is more how to cope with the fact that you can't do anything else than to express a talent. It's a way of being untalented for anything. Isabelle Huppert actresscopeexpress Change image and share on social
Acting is a way of living out one's insanity. Isabelle Huppert actinsanitylive Change image and share on social
I did a film very quickly, and then a lot of work for television, and then I did stage work. Isabelle Huppert filmlotquickly Change image and share on social