Sabine Azéma has just found her “cinema husband”, André Dussollier, in Never confess, a comedy by Ivan Calbérac, in theaters on April 24. Awarded two Césars for best actress, the former partner of Alain Resnais, who offered her very beautiful roles (Melo [1986], Smoking/No Smoking [1993], We know the song [1997]), never stopped running. Aged 74, still bubbly, she is working on writing a comic strip and will soon star in an Italian film.
I wouldn’t have gotten here if…
…If I hadn’t loved the game so much. For as long as I can remember, I’ve always played. As a child, I invented stories, I wrote them, I distributed the roles to my school friends or, at home, to my two little sisters. I built sets with whatever came to hand, I took scraps of fabric to make costumes. I spent my life putting on shows. I made the public, that is to say my family, pay. I have always felt like a sheep escaped from the herd and at the same time I like to bring people together. I’ve always wanted to portray life, I find it more interesting that way. Playing is not necessarily being an actor, it is a way of being in the world, of wanting to cause surprise in others. This could be, for example, hiding behind a tree to surprise someone and make them jump.
Actress from the cradle, then?
My parents, my grandparents always told me that I was performing, acting, even before I knew how to speak. I am very emotional and the game allows me to release all these emotions that sometimes overwhelm me. I really have had the game in me forever. However, I never said to myself: “I want to be an actress. » But, in middle school, when my parents suggested that I go horse riding, I replied that I would prefer to join a theater class. There was one at Carnot high school. I remember the teacher’s thought when he saw me: “But she still has milk on her lips! » I was really very young. That’s where it all began. I participated in inter-school competitions, they are wonderful memories. One day, my parents told me: “That’s all good, but get your baccalaureate, we’ll see later.” »
What were your parents like?
My father was a lawyer, my mother took care of us, as was done at the time. They both had an artistic streak. My mother would have dreamed of being a pianist, she was talented, but played in secret so that no one would listen to her. My father took us to the Louvre every Sunday, he introduced us to painting and art. We had one foot in the city, since I was born near the Eiffel Tower, and one foot in the countryside with my grandparents who lived in Sologne. I loved them, they were very funny, playful and cultured. My grandfather taught us to sing, he was a veterinarian and also had a very developed artistic side. He had written a book and was passionate about singing.
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