Letting go of things and not being afraid of being ridiculous or over the top - I think that's the main thing for me to work on.
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Wanting to do it was much more powerful than the fright.
Girls can wear jeans, cut their hair short, wear shirts and boots, 'cause it's okay to be a boy, but for a boy to look like a girl is degrading.
It's more than a job. It's very personal, so when you're hurt, you're really hurt inside.
You think that being a girl is degrading, but secretly, you'd love to know what it's like, wouldn't you?
I still find it hard to push my own limits. I know where my limits are and that I always have to push myself.
When you love someone, you don't want them to suffer at all.
I hated seeing myself on screen. I was full of complexes. I hated my face for a very, very long time.
I found it very difficult to explain to someone why you did a film. It's not like having a conversation.
The English was really my mother, it was never me. Being the daughter of my father, I always felt very French.
The more sincere I could be, the better it would be for the film.
The more you turn down things, the more difficult it becomes to feel that the next one will be right.
There were always questions about my parents; I got so fed up with that.
You don't even need the director's judgement. It's too much.
Everyone gets the feeling that they know you and they know your life, and I felt really embarrassed by that.
I hope I'll consider my next part, having learnt from this one.
I'm a very shy person towards my intimacy and private life.
At the beginning it wasn't to do with the work, it was more the experience.
I couldn't do anything else, I enjoy it so much. But I find it tough.
I used to hate being recognised.
I was putting all those pressures on myself.
I wasn't getting the responses I hoped for. You can't protect yourself from other judgments.
I went on television and I wouldn't say a word; I feel so stupid when I watch them again.
I'm desperate to work again. I've often had those periods, but two years was the longest.
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