第113页 The French Meryl Streep

Actresses are very often people who are not the most comfortable in their own skin. They become actresses as a way of transcending shame. So their bodies and faces are the scenes of an internal struggle, and that struggle comes to the screen as something interesting. As the gap between what the woman is and what the role is disappears, the actress agrees to allow her imperfections to show. And that's what beauty is.
                                                                                                                             Karin Viard