Right now I'm the most famous silent movie actress in the world and I want to keep that for me. So I hope there's not going to be any other silent movies.

Sometimes we had to improvise. I hate to improvise because I felt like I couldn't find words.

I think the approach of the character for us is the same in a silent movie as in a talking movie because we had balance, we had lines to learn.

Ever since the movie premiered at Cannes, I've had a sudden surge of scripts and interest.

My parents were not pushy or anything like that. I think my mom was still expecting me to be an astronaut, but now she is very happy that I'm not doing that.

Marlene Dietrich for the way there was something so unique about her - the way she entered into a frame and everybody looks at her and the way she winks and looks up.

For us, as actors, and even for the director, it gave us a sense of authenticity to what we were doing because we were talking about Hollywood and we were in Hollywood.

I read Gloria Swanson's autobiography just because I wanted to know what it was like in the time.

I tried to find a character and how I would be an American actress in the 30s. But if this was a talking movie [The Artist], I'm sure she would be exactly the same for me.

I guess I'm the perfect young lead actress. I'm not Chloe Sevigny - I'm not really a character actress. Some actors have "character" faces.

Of course, when you work on a character, you try to understand her. You feel that everything she does has a reason.

Reading great books always gives me the worst sleeping disorders.

If your dream only includes you, it's too small.

Do you want to know what you are? You are a creator. At every moment you are creating. The real question is, what are you creating?

One of the quickest ways to a cat's brain is through its stomach.

In Count Julian I simply proposed to create a text which would allow for diverse levels of reading.

I already felt disengaged with my contemporaries.

A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.

A man must keep a little back shop where he can be himself without reserve. In solitude alone can he know true freedom.

Hillary [Clinton] even said that, whether or not teenagers want treatment, they have to get it. So it's involuntary treatment.

When I look at my life, I see that I wanted to be free of the physical plane, the psychological plane, and when I got free of those I didn't want to go anywhere near them.