Everything was in stark and dreadful contrast with the trivial crises and counterfeit emotions of Hollywood, and I returned to England deeply moved and emotionally worn out.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I was a slightly melancholy child and I think films were a way of escaping for me.
European films were what it was about for me - the sensations I needed, the depth, the storytelling, the characters, the directors, and the freedom that you can't really find in American films.
Hollywood infected my brain and I really valued the wrong things in life, but I changed dramatically.
I decided to be an actress, and the day after, I was an actress. That was quick and very scary at the same time. When 'Obscure Object of Desire' came out in France, I felt guilty for my friends at the National School who weren't in the movies. The whole thing was turmoil.
To have a childhood surrounded by people like Sir Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh sounds glitzy, but for years I wanted to repress it. I couldn't take that kind of power and success.
There is some sadness for me now about acting because it used to be that there was a reverence for actors.
I think that I used to love Hollywood movies. I remember great phases and moments. But, unfortunately, now is not the moment.
After I got to Hollywood, I resented that I didn't get a crack at more dramatic roles because I photographed so beautifully.
The period from 2001 to 2005 was really tough. My films were not working even though there was an acceptance of a model. I was depressed but did not cry. I cry when I am happy.
When we arrived in London, my sadness at leaving Paris was turned into despair. After my long stay in the French capital, huge, ponderous, massive London seemed to me as ugly a thing as man could contrive to make.
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