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
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
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
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
Perhaps Europeans are a bit more skeptic whereas Americans are more believers. Isabelle Huppert americanbelieverbite Change image and share on social
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
Acting is a way of living out one's insanity. Isabelle Huppert actinsanitylive Change image and share on social
Firstly I did it in this huge theatre in Avignon, then to smaller places, then bigger places. You have to change the volume of the voice, give more or less. The way you have to relate to space makes it like sculpture. Isabelle Huppert avignonbigchange share on social
But on the whole, nothing requires unbearable energy for me, it's just a normal thing. Isabelle Huppert energynormalrequire Change image and share on social
But someone like Claude Chabrol tries to make a connection between the society in which we live and the social reasons which make monsters out of some people. Isabelle Huppert chabrolclaudeconnection Change image and share on social
