In an interview she gave before the premiere on Tuesday of Mom at the Théâtre Édouard VII in Paris, the star says inhabited
by the text written and directed by the director and author Samuel Benchetrit, her husband.
In a few weeks, in a few months, I’m going to relax a bit, but now I just think about it all the time
, she confides.
The 48-year-old singer and actress has loved the boards since, as a child, she took dance lessons and performed at the end of the year.
But the one who was in the spotlight from the age of 8 in The fan school, a popular French television show created in the late 1970s, then at 14 with a hit titled Joe and taxi confess have a lot of stage fright
.
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I had a lot of admiration for theater actors, but for having lived it, I admire them even more; it’s huge what they do
, assures the former companion of Johnny Depp, who appeared in twenty films.
It is very dangerous to keep the accuracy of the game while projecting the voice very loudly
, adds the actress, who plays without a microphone.
She waited a long time to make up her mind, until she was subjugated
by the text of Benchetrit, who had confidence
in her.
I was a little afraid of the theater before. I almost did it several times, but I did not give myself time: I was in my music, films and travel
, says the winner of the César for best female hope in 1990 for White wedding.
We have to give a lot to the theater: we rehearse for several weeks and, if all goes well, we play for several months. For half of your year you can’t do anything else.
But beyond the stage fright, the two-month rehearsal of the piece, in which she plays with Eric Elmosnino, Félix Moati and Gabor Rassov, have love the theater
.
Exciting and dangerous
I find it extraordinary […]. It’s like building a house: we start with the foundations, then one day, it has a roof and a chimney, and we want to be in it
, compare Vanessa Paradis.
I don’t want to diminish the performance of actors in the cinema, but in the cinema, we play little bits of the scene; there, we play a story from beginning to end. To live this emotion continuously is completely overwhelming
, admits the actress.
It leads you, it bullies you and it makes you feel good; in performing arts there is something both exciting and dangerous. It’s beautiful, but … it’s extremely hard
she laughs.
According to the actress, it is shocking to see how [nous n’avons] not control over ourselves, because we let the text invade us
.
In Mom, she embodies Jeanne, a woman married for more than 25 years.
It’s something to live with someone for 25 years; it’s a challenge
, says with a light laugh the one who had a long relationship with Johnny Depp, the father of her children.
