Catherine Deneuve (eating popcorn) and Emmanuelle Riva attend the Lanvin Fall/Winter 2013 Ready-to-Wear show as part of Paris Fashion Week on February 28, 2013 in Paris, France.
Everything inspires me! Life, people, everyday life, the street, nature, trees, art, long walk, and most of all poetry. I’m not sure I’d say it inspires me, but I think I have a gift, a present from nature, to love life above.
Happy 86th Birthday Emmanuelle Riva! | 24 February, 1927
What’s another interest of yours outside of movies? The theater. I started out in the theater and just have a passion for life, quite simply. It’s the entirety of human experience: the connections, and I also love animals enormously.
What’s the first movie you ever saw? I’m not quite sure. In school they used to take us to the cinema, to see Charlie Chaplin films. Ah! then Michel Strogoff.
When did you decide you wanted to make movies? I didn’t have to decide. Since I was young I had a passion for words, for the written word. I wasn’t thinking about a career. I wanted to act in the theater, to be an actress. I left school and went out onto the street. I loved to play to the masses, to read aloud, recite poems, and even go bicycling.
Who or what inspires you? Everything! Life, people, everyday life, the street, nature, trees, art, long walk, and most of all poetry. I’m not sure I’d say it inspires me, but I think I have a gift, a present from nature, to love life above.
What advice do you have for others who might want to follow in your footsteps? Ay, ay, ay!! Advice…!! My advice is to “feel;” if someone holds a true passion for something, they should do it; most importantly, don’t do it just for glory. (x)
