Juliette Binoche Quotes

I think you always have to go as an artist with instinct, I really do.

I don't go through a torturous intellectual process to decide what to direct. I know what I want to direct the second I read something or hear a story. I just know when it grabs me in a certain way I want to direct it. And then I spend the next four to six months trying to talk myself out of it, because directing is really hard! But it's true, I know essentially when and what I want to do next... it's an undeniable feeling I get and it's not the same feeling I get when I wind up producing something.

You don't make a film because the audience is ready for it. You make a film because you have questions that are in your gut.

Sometimes a faint voice based on instinct resonates far more strongly than overpowering logic.

I don't have any great detail or logic or exact point that I look for in a film. It's just if I get a good sense from it and I feel that there is something interesting that we may be able to do with it, then I just kind of go for it.

In the end I do respond to my own instincts. Sometimes they're successful, and obviously sometimes they're not. But you have to, I think, remain true to what you believe in.

Trust your instinct to the end, though you can render no reason.

I think, to be a director, sometimes you need to have certain hunches - you have to believe in some gut feeling.

I follow my heart and my instinct about films and people.

The best option that you can have as an actor is pure instinct and you should be able to protect your instinct. Information can either cloud your instinct or aid it.

For me, casting is very instinctive, and if I don't feel good about it, I just can't go ahead and make the film.

I had kind of left college. I wanted to study to be a sports teacher, but I had that little inner voice within me that said, 'You should be doing something else,' and I followed that gut instinct.

Everything that I've ever made in my life is from my instinct.

It's very important to follow your instincts because, beyond what you know exists or what you're told exists in a given area, your intuition plays a big part in finding something special.

I believe it's always important to listen to the call of your heart.

When we were putting together 'One Of Us,' we were just following our impulses and what felt good.

Well, sometimes you've just got to go with your instincts.

I think your first gut feeling is the correct feeling.

Instincts are a really important guide for any artist, but particularly filmmakers because it takes a lot to stay true to your instincts as a storyteller.

I learned always to follow your heart.

It never occurred to me that artists, of all people, have to be reminded that instinct is more important than tradition, but in our industry, people seem to forget that sometimes.

Your heart and your instincts are far more reliable than your brain. When you follow your heart, you can be sure you won't regret it later. Even if you calculate your every move, it's not like life ever goes according to plan.

I am someone that relies on my gut feeling.

I followed my gut and my subconscious told me the kind of music I wanted to create. But it wasn't easy.

It is gut instinct that guides me when I say yes to a film.