Isabelle Huppert, best known to me for her appearance in Michael Haneke films such as the Piano Teacher and the Time of the Wolf, gave an interesting interview at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival this week. She received the festival’s Crystal Globe this year, an annual award given for outstanding contribution to world cinema. After brushing off a little controvery about awarding Haneke the Palme D’Or this year, she made a comment on acting that I found very poignant;

“Perhaps it’s something you can develop,” she said. “Through classes. Classes make you more confident and develops your identity. But acting is not something you can learn. Acting is something very special… If a little girl told me she wanted to be an actress, I’d tell her that being actress is ‘something else.’ It’s an existence. An existence connected to deep emotion. I think if she really wants to be an actress, she will ultimately understand.”

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