Clotilde Courau — The Maker

Clotilde Courau is 'Princess of Venice' and a prolific career artist, who loves theater stage profoundly and succeeds in cinema. Award winning French actress chooses intense, but fascinating projects like recent 'In the Shadow of Women' by Philippe Garrel or film about ISIS, based on true story. It seems that freedom is among the most important features of her complex life: freedom not to follow the standards but passions, be it career, fashion or lifestyle.

1. How would you describe your lifestyle? To be an actress, a wife and a mother, how do you combine them perfectly?

I grew up with a single mother having three sisters in a very humble place . I'm very found that my mother gave us so much to me and my sisters and all she wanted was our happiness. I wanted to share that with you because probably that s why I want a lifestyle as simple as it could be in respect of the values she thought me. I'm very happy to be working and at the same time raising my children and relaying the value of dignity,compassion, faith, self, respect, solidarity that I believe in.

It's not simple everyday and I'm lucky enough to to have a family and learn also to stop worrying and leave life in the present time ... There s always a solution

2. How does your childhood in Africa influence your life?

Living in Africa ( Benin ) as a little girl made me understand the importance and the strength of our roots in our tradition , the respect also of our land . Man can't think of themselves as superior to nature . He need her to survive ...

3. Can you describe a little bit about your latest works?

I just finished shooting a film on ISIS and how a single mother lost her girl in Syria.
It was intense and a very dramatic Character.
It's a true story ... And a film I thought was important to do today with what Europe is going through now.

4. If you could give any advice to a young Chinese actor, what would it be?

If I had any advice for a young actor it would be to be a true believer, have a passion for art, have faith, curiosity and never and ever give up a dream and work hard and have a real discipline

Clotilde Courau是“威尼斯王妃”及一位多产的职业艺术家，深深地热爱着戏剧舞台并在电影业中非常成功。她在竞争激烈的法国女演员票选中获胜，亦参与了有趣的项目，如最近由Philippe Garrel执导的《女人的阴影》或由真实故事改编关于ISIS的电影。似乎自由是她复杂的生活中最重要的特点：自由不遵循标准，而遵循激情，无论是职业，时尚或生活方式。

1.你会如何评价你的生活方式？作为一个演员，一个妻子和一个母亲，你如何将这些角色完美结合？

我和单身母亲以及三姐妹在一个很简陋的地方长大。我发现我的母亲为了我和我的姐妹付出了很多，她想要的一切就是我们幸福。我想与你分享，可能是因为我想要一种可以尊重她认同我的价值观的生活方式仅此而已。我很高兴能在工作的同时抚养我的孩子，将尊严、同情心、信仰、自我、自尊、团结这些我相信的价值观传递给他们。

每一天都不简单，但我很幸运地拥有一个家庭，也学会停止担忧并生活在当下......船到桥头自然直。

2.你在非洲的童年时期对你的生活有什么影响吗？

作为一个小女孩生活在非洲（贝宁）让我明白在我们的传统里我们的根源的重要性和力量，对我们土地的尊重也是如此。人不能认为自己是自然的主宰。人们需要她的生存...

3.可以向大家讲述一下你最新的作品吗？

我刚刚完成拍摄一部关于ISIS及一个在叙利亚的单身母亲如何失去了她的女儿的电影。
这是强烈的，一个非常戏剧性的角色。
这是一个真实的故事...而电影我认为去做与今天欧洲现在正在经历相关的事情是重要的。

4.如果你可以给一个年轻的中国演员一些建议，那会是什么？

如果我有什么建议可以给一个年轻的演员的话，那就是做一个真正的信徒，有对艺术的热情，有信心、好奇心，永远不要放弃梦想，努力工作，有一个真实的规划。