Juliette Binoche: "Yes, it has happened. Directors and producers have tried to kiss me and I have said no"

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A diva that is not a diva.

(Paris, 1964)

has shown herself this Friday at the Reales Alcázares in Seville, just one day before the gala in which she will receive the International Goya for her career.

After more than a hundred films, the Oscar, the César and the Bafta, the acting awards at the Cannes, Berlin and Venice festivals, and the Donostia Award, why do you choose to be exposed?

The actress has asked herself this question in a meeting with journalists in which she has elaborated and talked about her career, her

, the

she has worked with, her beginnings, feminism and women in the world. cinema, the

... And what the journalists have not been able to ask -because the meeting has been very brief- she has recounted it with all naturalness.

"Yes, it has happened. Directors and producers have

and touch me and I have said no," the actress released, when asked how being a woman in the film industry could have benefited and harmed her.

For Binoche, it is "important to learn to say 'no'", although she has recognized that there is a "very weak line" and that everything is based on "balance".

When she started in the cinema, in the eighties, actresses were asked that their relationship with directors be a kind of

, I don't know how it worked", but in recent years things have changed and she herself has changed.

"Now there are more women directors and you are not the same at 20, 30, 40 or 50 years old."

All also thanks to the

which brought to light episodes of sexual harassment and abuse in Hollywood.

In addition, the actress affirms that she was educated to be

and as a child she was able to "solve dangerous situations" with men.

Now her "heart" is with the "women of Iran and Afghanistan and all who fight every day."

filmography

Regarding her extensive filmography, Juliette Binoche has stressed that "I love every movie, even the commercial ones" and has come to confess that she has made "mistakes", but

them because everything has been a learning experience.

The actress gives herself body and soul to each project: "Each scene and each take must be done

because if you don't do it that way,

."

Nor does he consider that there is one film "more important" than another in his filmography.

"Each one of them is a leap to get to the place she wanted. It's like life: every day is important," says the actress.

Among Binoche's films are

, winner of four Goya Awards, by director

.

She won the Oscar for best supporting actress for her Anglo-Saxon film debut with

.

She has also participated in commercial productions such as

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She does not deny any.

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Christmas Eve in Seville

The French actress has been delighted to be in Seville and has recalled a few days of Christmas that she spent in the Seville capital with a friend on an "

in which they almost ran out of Christmas Eve dinner because they did not have any reservations.

Beyond the anecdote, of the "cold, the blue sky and the orange trees" that he met on his first trip to Seville, Binoche wanted to pay a "tribute" to the "land of artists and art" that is Spain and has quoted

, among others.

"We need artists to evolve as human beings."

She, in her facet as an actress, is clear about it.

"Why do you choose to be exposed? Because

," she says.

"Cinema, art, theater helped me live" and she now trusts "to help others" with her stories.

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