Marion Cotillard
Marion Cotillard
Marion Cotillard; born 30 September 1975) is a French actress, singer-songwriter, environmentalist and spokesperson for Greenpeace. She has received international acclaim and awards for her performances in films such as A Very Long Engagement, La Vie en Rose, Nine, Inception, Midnight in Paris, Rust and Bone, The Immigrant, Two Days, One Nightand Macbeth. She is also known for being the face of Lady Dior handbags since 2008. In 2014, Cotillard was named "The Most Bankable French Actress of the 21st...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth30 September 1975
CityParis, France
CountryFrance
I was shy. I was more than shy.
I think we’re lied to about a number of things,
As an actress I just want to tell beautiful stories
I was born in Paris and raised in the suburbs and then lived in the countryside.
It's pretty refreshing to be in a situation where the spotlight is on someone else.
I'm always very scared when I start a movie because I never know if I'm going to be able to do a good job or do a very bad job.
The first thing I have to do to erase my French accent is think that it is actually possible, whereas for the moment, I think it's not. I have a lot of work.
'Particularly' is particularly difficult because the 'L' and the 'R' are totally different, like totally different letters. I would spend hours in front of the mirror with my dialect coach to observe my tongue. You don't think, when you speak, about all the things that happen in your jaw and your mouth, how everything reacts, so you have to watch all those things and realise we have a totally different use of our tongue and jaws.
I'm always 100% committed to a character, a story and a director, and with Michael Mann it was 1,000%. I don't know how to explain this...
We lost this animal instinct that we used to have. We use a very low percentage of our instinct.
I think that you always learn something from working with good actors.
I started to write songs. And I started to like what I was writing. I think it's a new way for me to express things that are closer to myself than when I play a role, because, of course, it's really not me. I'm finding a new way. I don't know what it's going to be. But I know that I will need to give it to people one day.
I couldn't live without music. I experienced things through music in different countries where you cannot speak the same language, but the music and the dance relates everything.
I've always known actors because my parents are actors on stage and so I lived in a very creative environment when I was a kid. All my life.