Juliette Binoche
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"Juliette Binoche" is a French actress, artist and dancer. She has appeared in more than 40 feature films, been recipient of numerous international accolades, is a published author and has appeared on stage across the world. Coming from an artistic background, she began taking acting lessons during adolescence. After performing in several stage productions, she was propelled into the world of auteurs Jean-Luc Godard (Hail Mary (film)/Hail Mary, 1985), Jacques Doillon (Family Life (1985 film)/Family Life, 1985) and André Téchiné, who made her a star in France with the leading role in his 1985 drama Rendez-vous (film)/Rendez-vous. Her sensual performance in her English-language debut The Unbearable Lightness of Being (film)/The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988), directed by Philip Kaufman, launched her international career.

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We're here to be with her, and to help her in a spiritual way. I think our presence here is a way to sustain the possibility of freedom.

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It's difficult to bring the feminine element into these religions and to put an important woman next to Jesus.

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You have to have the courage to wait, to say no, ... And that's difficult. This job is very uncertain, and it's frightening.

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The themes have to do with immigration, our past, and are we guilty when we're 6 years old, ... For me, the big subject is not what my husband in the film (Daniel Auteuil) has done as a child, but in not recognizing his fault, he's damaged someone's life. The theme is universal; it doesn't just belong to the French-Algerian past, but triggers something we all can share.

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I've never thought of my characters as being sad. On the contrary, they are full of life. They didn't choose tragedy. Tragedy chose them.

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Movies are open doors, and at every door, I change character and life.

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My ambition is to have beautiful encounters, not to make money.

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I wanted to have an international career, which I have, and be free to work with whoever I wanted to work with. My instinct was to go back to France afterwards. I went to do a small film, then I went back and forth.

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