I didn't really want to act. Gerard Depardieu discovered me when I was 14 and asked if I wanted to make movies and I said, 'Why not?

I'm taking a break from music... everyone was so mean about it and it was so hard that I wanted to die.

I'm not a crazy old cat lady!

I think that everything is part of creativity - the more you create, the more you have ideas, and the more you meet people.

It seems like the more you grow up the more you fear things.

The perfect life would be to have an amazing part every year and to spend all my free time to just write.

I don't really care about making a big movie - I just want to make good ones.

It's so French to be a cat person.

I'm in love with love, so I'm always taking risks! I think it's part of love, taking risks.

France is an old country that needs to wake up.

I think I was, like, maybe frustrated for many years because I didn't try to direct. And since I made my movie I'm just like, 'It's great.

Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.

Death is her name, Who walks in her garden of fame, And plucks flowers for her lock, Which has the power to ride a flock.

I've always believed that the only defeats and victories that matter in life are those you lose or win alone, against yourself.

Last year [2015] alone nearly half a million individuals overstayed their temporary visas. Removing these overstays will be a top priority of my administration.

Talking about one's work releases the energy and tension to do and make.

Find something that feels good, that resonates with your heart.

Never lie; never cheat; never steal. Don't whine; don't complain; don't make excuses.

I'm not a politician. I'd make a lousy politician.

Spring was coming back with the old promise, demanding the old sacrifice.

I have yet to met a liberal who can withstand the attrition of prolonged discussion of the unessentials.