In a recent interview, Marion Cotillard, 50, speaks candidly about her relationship with the passage of time and the fact of seeing herself age under the eye of the cameras.
Whether she climbs the steps under the photographers’ flashes with sulphurous makeup or whether she shows herself naturally on InstagramMarion Cotillard is still as beautiful as ever. The one who celebrated her 50th birthday on September 30, 2025 continues to shine with the same aura as when she started. But like many, the actress does not escape questions linked to age and the way others view her. In the columns of Madame Figaroshe had also delivered a sincere reflection on her relationship with time when we live permanently exposed behind a screen.
Asked about her relationship to her image, Marion Cotillard does not hide. To the question “Are you afraid of seeing yourself on screen?“, she responds straight away”Yes“, describing this ordeal as “one of the hardest things” of her profession. She also perfectly understands the actors who choose to never watch their films. Something that she herself has considered, as the exercise can be trying. If she continues to confront herself on screen, it is above all “out of respect for the directors“with whom she works. Without ever judging those who abstain, she confides how much he can be”painful to discover something over which we no longer have any power“.
And what makes the exercise even more complicated is this confrontation with oneself. “It doesn’t exist, in real life, to see yourself in such a close-up“, insists the actress. On screen, it is possible to “observing yourself age, observing this evolution, cutaneous, eh, because that’s what it’s all about“.
An experience that can be particularly complex to accept when you are an actress. She adds, with touching sincerity: “I wish I was one of those actresses who has no problem with that, unfortunately, it’s not something I fully enjoy“. Before being an actress, she is above all a woman like any other, ultimately.
