Carole Bouquet Quotes

Feelings are universal, and if an actor's doing his job, I think he's making people sit there, and if it's in a movie or a theatre, going 'Hmm, yeah, I know that... I know that.'

I think actors always retain one foot in the cradle. We're switched on to our youth, to our childhood. We have to be because we're in the business of transferring emotions to other people.

I'm an actor; I have made my living by acting, and I almost think I owe it to the public to express my feelings and not as a character on a screen but as myself.

Actors do movies because you want to make a connection; you want an audience to recognise themselves in what it is that you're depicting.

People know my characters like Alice Morgan in 'Luther' or Alison Bailey from 'The Affair.' For me, that's a compliment, a kind of joy.

I've learned that, as an actor, I have a responsibility to my audience.

As an actress, my ultimate goal is to create a universal experience in my acting.

What I'm doing in the work I do, I prefer not to just have a series of jokes. It's nice when audiences can connect with the characters as well.

I don't necessarily want to be defined as an action star. I love movies, and my movie culture, luckily because of my parents and my family, is quite obscure and independent.

I don't really pay attention to which accent I have. I'm in a singular box as an actress.

There's nothing obvious or predictable in acting. That's what it means to be in this profession.

I didn't aspire to be just a celebrity; I aspired to be an actress... I always wanted to be respected as someone who knew their craft.

Living out a story eight times a week is difficult and draining emotionally but very fulfilling.

I don't see a difference between the idea of what an actor does and what someone supposes a character actor is, really.

Our job is to unleash the play. It's not just about your character or interaction with the other characters. There's an energy in all good plays which you have to find. And that is part and parcel of ensuring that an audience gets what it's about.

Sometimes you think about the job that we, as actors, do. I take it very seriously, and I care very much about it, but I'm paid to make believe. When you're a kid, you go to your friend's house, and it's, 'Let's pretend we're both cowboys!' Without belittling it, that's basically what I do - I tell stories.

I come from theatre, and I feel like I have to go back to it every few years because it's like nourishment for the soul. And, as an actor, it's the place you have most control: no one cuts or edits you, and you get to tell the story each night.

When you're even on a regular movie set, you still have to suspend your disbelief. You're working there with only 3 walls of a room, and you're in costume, and you have a camera 6 inches from you and have a crew of 75 watching you. So even there, you have to crank up your imagination.

To me, the people on 'Copper' were rock stars. Before I joined that show, I loved that show.

Doing theater makes you feel like a real actor.

That's the thing with acting. There are always loads of people who are more successful, richer, more famous and seemingly able to do anything they want.

Music is more Ray J. When you act, you're playing a different person. I like the music end, basically because it's me.

With acting, it's my job to be emotionally vulnerable and accessible.

Being an actor, I've thought about being in the male gaze.

It is a nice feeling when the audience reaches out to me by my character names from the films that I have done.