Béatrice Dalle

Born in Brest, Bretagne, France

“I didn’t see my character, Core, as a cannibal but as somebody who is extremely passionate and who doesn’t have any conscience.  She takes her passion to its complete extreme.”

“I don’t act in the way other actresses act, in terms of building or creating a character.  I don’t transform myself into the role, I invest myself in the role.”

“I don’t walk around naked like that even at home.  I don’t like nudity.  It’s not my style.”

“I hate reading scripts.  They’re not interesting.  No photos!”

“I knew her work very well and I knew that if she offered me a role in her movie, it wouldn’t be something stupid.  So I agreed to do the film before I read the script.”

“There was a strange atmosphere on the set because we were filming in this large house, which was used for troubled children.  You’d go in and find walls had been burnt down.  The building was charged with this history and it stayed with us throughout the filming.”

“My skull is too flat.  My ears stick out.  My mouth is too big.  My belly is too round.  And my buttocks are too heavy.”

“I didn’t so much choose the film as director Claire Denis chose me.”