Isabelle Adjani Quotes

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Isabelle Adjani is a French actress acclaimed for her intense performances and emotional depth. She is one of France's most respected and awarded actresses, having won multiple Cesar Awards and international accolades. Adjani's career has spanned over four decades, with notable roles in films such as "Camille Claudel," "Possession," and "La Reine Margot." Her ability to portray complex, often troubled characters has earned her critical acclaim and a dedicated following. Adjani's contributions to French cinema have solidified her status as one of its greatest stars.

"Nothingness not being nothing, nothingness being emptiness."

"Nothingness not being nothing, nothingness being emptiness."

Being, Nothing, Nothingness

"I do not want to work to correspond to an image."

"I do not want to work to correspond to an image."

"Today I trust my instinct, I trust myself. Finally."

"Today I trust my instinct, I trust myself. Finally."

Trust, Instinct, Today

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"Passion is all but soft, it's not tender, it's violence to which you get hooked by pleasure."

"Passion is all but soft, it's not tender, it's violence to which you get hooked by pleasure."

Passion, Pleasure, Violence

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"I believe in angels, so it's simple."

"I believe in angels, so it's simple."

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"If I had not passed through trial - through passion, one could say - through these years so painful and so rich, I don't believe I could take on my life and my career as I do today."

"If I had not passed through trial - through passion, one could say - through these years so painful and so rich, I don't believe I could take on my life and my career as I do today."

Life, Career, Passion, Today

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"Life has brought me work to do on myself these past two years."

"Life has brought me work to do on myself these past two years."

Life, Work, Past, Years

"To leave in search of yourself, of your real needs, is easier when you don't have to justify yourself to anyone, when there are not too many people bestowing you their attention."

"To leave in search of yourself, of your real needs, is easier when you don't have to justify yourself to anyone, when there are not too many people bestowing you their attention."

People, Attention, Needs

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"I believe that when you work on yourself, you are attracted by different, more positive beings."

"I believe that when you work on yourself, you are attracted by different, more positive beings."

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"To change, that is the most difficult thing to accomplish."

"To change, that is the most difficult thing to accomplish."

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"You must take the risk to disclose yourself in order to become more real, more human. And even if the price is high."

"You must take the risk to disclose yourself in order to become more real, more human. And even if the price is high."

"One can not love without opening oneself, and opening oneself, that's taking the risk of suffering. One does not have control."

"One can not love without opening oneself, and opening oneself, that's taking the risk of suffering. One does not have control."

Love, Control, Risk, Suffering

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"Passion surprises. One doesn't search it. It can happen to you tomorrow."

"Passion surprises. One doesn't search it. It can happen to you tomorrow."

Passion, Surprises, Tomorrow

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"You protect your being when you love yourself better. That's the secret."

"You protect your being when you love yourself better. That's the secret."

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"One believes that if nothing happens, one disappears. That is not true."

"One believes that if nothing happens, one disappears. That is not true."

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"In love, one should simplify, choose persons worthy of their promises and leave them if they don't keep them."

"In love, one should simplify, choose persons worthy of their promises and leave them if they don't keep them."

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"There are people who never experience that, who remain closed until death, from fear of change."

"There are people who never experience that, who remain closed until death, from fear of change."

Change, Experience, Death, People

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"But no one frees himself from being in love in three days."

"But no one frees himself from being in love in three days."

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"There has already been the karmic work: that what life has transformed in me, this initiation brought on, of necessity, by trials."

"There has already been the karmic work: that what life has transformed in me, this initiation brought on, of necessity, by trials."

Life, Necessity, Trials

"I don't think of it at the moment, but the roles that interest me are those of young people."

"I don't think of it at the moment, but the roles that interest me are those of young people."

People, Interest

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"There has also been much love, joy, evidence of admiration, there has never been one without the other."

"There has also been much love, joy, evidence of admiration, there has never been one without the other."

Love, Admiration, Joy

"Before, for me, peace could have been synonymous with boredom."

"Before, for me, peace could have been synonymous with boredom."

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"I have no fear of being less beautiful, I've always been afraid of not being beautiful."

"I have no fear of being less beautiful, I've always been afraid of not being beautiful."

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"I've suffered too much to hide my feelings."

"I've suffered too much to hide my feelings."

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"One is never ready for success. It consecrates and looses you at the same time."

"One is never ready for success. It consecrates and looses you at the same time."

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"My limits will be better marked. Both the limits I will set, and my own limits."

"My limits will be better marked. Both the limits I will set, and my own limits."

Limit, Limits, Will

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