Lea Seydoux
Lea Seydoux
Léa Hélène Seydoux-Fornier de Clausonne; born 1 July 1985), known professionally as Léa Seydoux, is a French actress. She began her acting career in French cinema, appearing in films such as The Last Mistressand On War. She first came to attention after she received her first César Award nomination for her performance in The Beautiful Personand won the Trophée Chopard, an award given to promising actors at the Cannes Film Festival...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth1 July 1985
CityParis, France
CountryFrance
I went to Berlin for a year and a half, and that's where I learned about culture and art and everything. Before that, I lived in total absence of culture. I come from a house where there was nothing like reading or art.
I think that nudity is beautiful. Sometimes it can be awful, but when it's beautiful? Cinema is the art about reality; it's art from reality. In French we say l'art de la realite. You show reality, so you have to show bodies.
Even in between takes, you emerge yourself. So you don't have a life for six months.
I was putting forward too much of myself when I was singing.
In America it's good to show people you are fine, you're healthy, you're sporty, you're happy to do things, to live. And in France it's more like you don't have to show you have success.
Actually, I started to become an actress because I met someone who was just a friend and I found his life wonderful, I thought, Oh my god, you can travel, you're free, you can do what you want, you're the boss. And then I met an actor and I was in love with him.
In America, you don't have to be weak, you have to be strong.
When I first met Adèle I was like, ‘Wow, this girl has a strong character!’ She has something very free about her. I’m not used to it. Some actresses are too self-aware, they strike a pose. Adèle is a force of nature.
I love it when people have pleasure working and when there is respect. That's what I love.
I don't pay much attention to magazine covers. One day, there'll be slack times in my career. It's unavoidable, because success is temporary. Which is why you have to stay focused on this very taxing job.
Culture is fundamental. Literature saves you. Cinema saves you.
I don't like comfort zones. Having never had any drama training, I don't really have a technique, so I'm continually learning new things. I like being frightened, and always having to start from scratch.
I am about life. I surround myself with beautiful things. I work hard to have a better life. This job helps me achieve that through the people I meet. I'm lucky - not to have been a cover girl - but to have been able to meet all these people, to live these adventures and travel so comfortably. But despite that, it's still difficult. Nothing comes easily. Everything I've earned is down to me, and no one else.
But my favorite part in my body are my dark circles. They define me. They reveal my melancholy.