I've always felt lucky because my parents included my sister and I in their cultural life.

- Clemence Poesy

Acting makes you look at life and try to understand it in a beautiful way.

- Clemence Poesy

I believe you have to make things happen.

- Clemence Poesy

I constantly make fashion mistakes but I think it's good to take risks.

- Clemence Poesy

I didn't want people to decide what I was going to wear and what I was going to look like and how I should behave.

- Clemence Poesy

I don't know if I see myself as an actress for the rest of my life.

- Clemence Poesy

I feel like I'm extremely normal. I do have a bizarre face that's a bit out of proportion. I guess that's why some people see me as strange.

- Clemence Poesy

I just love a girl in a hat. It's really sexy.

- Clemence Poesy

I think denim is something everyone feels comfortable in. It's kind of my uniform, really.

- Clemence Poesy

I'm never anywhere for more than three weeks.

- Clemence Poesy

When it comes to photo shoots, there was a clear moment for me when I thought, 'I'm going to have to enjoy this because it's going to be a part of what I do.'

- Clemence Poesy

I've often been told that I'm a bit strange. I hear that pretty regularly, but it is not how I see myself.

- Clemence Poesy

In the '80s, I was the only one who didn't watch the shows about teenagers. I had to go over to friends' houses to see them. I still don't have a TV!

- Clemence Poesy

The more you live, the better an actor you are, but maybe I'd like to do something else on the side. Something to pay the bills as well.

- Clemence Poesy

Actresses are so spoilt - we have someone who does our hair for us on set, so we don't know how to do it ourselves in real life. I know how to wash my hair and brush my teeth, but that's about it!

- Clemence Poesy

For me, it's about not being too aware of what you look like because if you are, you're trying too hard and I don't think that actually makes you look good... I've known from very early on that I don't look perfect.

- Clemence Poesy

I used to spend hours at night, downstairs, in front of the only full-length mirror in the house, standing on the table working out what I would wear to school the next day.

- Clemence Poesy

I wanted to draw and do costumes. I was prepared to train for that, but I needed something to do on my time off from high school, so I called an agent without telling anyone and started working with her.

- Clemence Poesy

I'm always so impressed with these actresses with their perfect make up and hair and sometimes I'm very aware that I'm not like that. But I don't think I can do things any other way. I would be wearing a disguise if I started to apply that stuff.

- Clemence Poesy

There is no moment where you can rest and think: 'Wonderful, I have that job now. I'm going to spend five years here.' There's a constant judgment on your work that's very strongly related to what you are.

- Clemence Poesy