Emmanuelle Béart speaks about her serene relationship with age

Interviewed this week in the pages of the magazine Gala Emmanuelle Béart returned to the fact of getting older. And if for some people, reaching sixty can be difficult, the 61-year-old actress seems rather serene. “The good thing about ages is that they make you move. Before, I wondered what to do with myself: I had to choose a career, have children, go through stages like everyone else. I felt better in my forties, I found a kind of anchor and then it was just growing.” Before adding: “It’s quite beautiful to look back and see sixty years of accomplishment behind you.”

The actress even seems free from pressure linked to her career and what was expected of her as an actress. “I spent forty years making films and theater, running, wanting to be loved, to please, to be in the desire of others. And then I arrive at this moment of selfishness necessary for self-fulfillment, at this age where we find our own pleasure.” Emmanuelle Béart therefore embraces this new phase of life without anxiety. “I don't care about getting older, I don't play sports, but I want to stay in shape. It comes through curiosity. There, I'm writing my first film, it's yet another new adventure. I feel freer today without being detached.”

The other secret of this serenity? His private life. The one who is also the mother of two boys and a girl says: “My private life is strong and powerful”. And it is also love that allows him to move forward without fearing what happens next. As she recalls, she has been in a relationship with her husband for fourteen years. [le réalisateur et scénariste Frédéric Chaudier, NDLR]. “It’s good to grow older with someone. I love everyday life in our relationship. It’s magical for me to brush my teeth side by side, it doesn’t scare me at all.” A serenity which, as she recalls, is also possible because she leads “a privileged existence” which allows her to travel and do the job she loves.

So many solid foundations that allow him not to be nostalgic. “There are a lot of people who would like you to stay in the fantasy of what you once were. […] I feel it without worrying about it. That's life, that's how it is. We get old and that’s it.”