You fall in love with someone, you don’t know this person yet, and you get to know this person. That’s what happens when I fall in love with a character, and I want to be this person. Marion Cotillard Read Quote
Usually when I work, I’m totally dedicated to the role, and when I leave the set, I bring some of my character home with me, but I can’t bring anyone home with me now because my son would freak out. Marion Cotillard Read Quote
When you are on set, you are not your best judge because it is hard to step back when you are into the character. Marion Cotillard Read Quote
I was very surprised that they would ask a foreign actress to be Lady Macbeth, but I felt it was an opportunity that I couldn’t miss. Having the opportunity to play Shakespeare in English – that wouldn’t come twice. Marion Cotillard Read Quote
I wish sometimes that I could be Daniel Day-Lewis and say, ‘You know what? If you want me to do this, I’m going to need a year to prepare myself.’ But if I do that, they’ll say, ‘Thank you very much,’ and they’ll take someone else. Marion Cotillard Read Quote
In a way, I don’t create anything; I just open myself to the character, and the character takes over. Of course, I’m aware of it, and I’m driving it, but I don’t try to control it. If I try to control it, it goes wrong. Marion Cotillard Read Quote
When someone would come up to me in the street, I would either run away or burst into tears. I didn’t know what to do. I don’t think you’re ever prepared for this. Marion Cotillard Read Quote
When you start a scene, and you don’t really know where you’re going to go, that’s a roller-coaster. Marion Cotillard Read Quote
You don’t sleep anymore, but at the same time, you have this strength that comes from this life that has just arrived. It’s a big cliche how your priorities change, but every parent knows that sometimes there’s a thunderstorm, and you look at his eyes, and everything is all right. It is a revolution of everything you feel. Marion Cotillard Read Quote
