Sophie Marceau - biography

“But the privileges that one has enjoyed and exploited can sometimes turn against you: nobody thinks of you as a director, you are always an actress.”

“Even if I think in English, it’s more a language of acting than French.”

“It is something actresses need to go through and I think they look forward to being naked in a movie.  I don’t know why, but it is something you need to exhaust from yourself.”

“You can perform all kind of characters but you cannot change what people feel for you.”

“I find the subject of childhood fascinating.  I explored this subject in Speak to me of love and I am curious about portraying the often painful transition into the adult world.”

“Oh, I’m not English, I cannot talk on behalf of an English person.  I’m French.  I can say about French.  They are quite emotional, though, and they talk about their emotions.”

“So, sometimes, when I’m not happy with my performance and I have to think, I will think in English.”

“As you know it is a comedy so everything is a little bit pushed.  That’s what’s funny about this kind of movie is you can laugh about the absurdity, and the bad side of life.”

“Genre aside, I’d like to make a film about people.”

“There is no doubt that this film is autobiographical, but at the same time it also tries to portray an ordinary couple in a language that everyone can understand.”

“When you direct your first film, you always start by telling stories that you are familiar with.”

“Well it is sometimes difficult to act in another language.”

“I just heard a very funny story about somebody who died yesterday, I’m sorry to say so but it was so absurd that you can’t help laughing.  And the person that was concerned about that story was laughing too.”

“What I am interested in is the present time.”

“And I think it’s very rare to have good stories, well written comedies.”

“I think it’s almost easier to make people cry than to make people laugh.”

“I’m a good storyteller.”

“Mel Gibson would not be a good James Bond.”

“Words, yes, formulating things, creating something from your heart, it is something very necessary, yes.”

“You know French means like sophisticated, well educated, so far.”

Sophie Marceau has appeared in the following films:
La Boum (1980)
La Boum 2 (1982)
Fort Saganne (1984)
Joyeuses Pâques (1984)
L’Amour braque (1985)
Police (1985)
Descente aux enfers (1986)
L’Étudiante (1988)
Chouans! (1988)
Mes nuits sont plus belles que vos jours (1989)
Pacific Palisades (1990)
Pour Sacha (1991)
La Note bleue (1991)
Fanfan (1993)
La Fille de d’Artagnan (1994)
Braveheart (1995)
Par-delà les nuages (1995)
Anna Karenina (1997)
Marquise (1997)
Firelight (1997)
Lost & Found (1999)
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1999)
The World Is Not Enough (1999)
La Fidélité (2000)
Belphégor – Le Fantôme du Louvre (2001)
Les Clefs de bagnole (2003)
Je reste! (2003)
Alex & Emma (2003)
À ce soir (2004)
Anthony Zimmer (2005)
La Disparue de Deauville (2007)
Les Femmes de l’ombre (2008)
Lol (2008)
De l’autre côté du lit (2009)
Ne te retourne pas (2009)
Percussions (2009)
L’Homme de chevet (2009)
L’Âge de raison (2010)

Sophie Marceau directed the following films:
L’Aube à l’envers (1995)
Parlez-moi d’amour (2002)
La Disparue de Deauville (2007)


Sophie Marceau contributed to the screenplay for the following films:
L’Aube à l’envers (1995)
Parlez-moi d’amour (2002)
La Disparue de Deauville (2007)