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I think being an actress is more how to cope with the fact that you can't do anything else than to express a talent. It's a way of being untalented for anything

Isabelle Huppert

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Isabelle Huppert
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: March 16
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Isabelle Anne Madeleine Huppert
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A script is a very rough material in a way. Whatever questions you might have regarding the script, you might find the beginning of the answers in the book.
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