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Let's face facts, this is visual medium, there's a very high premium put on people who are good-looking. But the minute you rely on that you get yourself in trouble. You certainly don't make a career out of that anymore as an actor.

If you're a kid who's not necessarily attractive, and you don't have money, and you're not hip and cool, chances are you're not going to feel good about yourself and want to be an actor.

That feeling of being 19 or 20 and 'hot' in Hollywood was so intense.

I don't know Hollywood very well. I've never lived in Los Angeles or New York. But what I can see in Paris, where I live, is that actresses like Catherine Deneuve, Isabelle Huppert, Charlotte Rampling, still get the chance to play strong, sexy roles even though they're not 20.

In a very short period of time, actors can become kind of relevant and hot.

Hollywood, young or otherwise, is a very trend-driven town, and that can get a little out of hand at times. I just try to stay true to my own personal taste - incorporating my personality while not taking myself too seriously.

I consider those actors who amaze me are somehow less attractive to me than those actors who move me.

I was a theater man, so I was never in the situation of being a handsome Hollywood leading man, and then having to age.

I don't envy young actors.

My visibility may have gotten Hollywood to redefine what's attractive.