SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain — Actors must learn to
just say “no” to roles that objectify women, Oscar-winning French actor
Juliette Binoche said Sunday at the San Sebastian film festival where she will
be honored with an award for her acting career.
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“You have to know how to say no to things so that
you don’t end up in a kind of situation where you are seen in a certain way,”
said Binoche, who is one of France’s most recognized actors.
When she was offered roles where she was “somebody’s
woman, or objectified as a woman”, she turned them down.
“I just said ‘no’ because I wasn’t interested,” the
58-year-old told reporters, admitting that she felt “very lucky” to have played
so many interesting parts throughout her career.
“I know there are women who are victims of this ...
but you have to know how to reject this kind of codified cinema,” said Binoche
whose role in “The English Patient” (1996) won her an Oscar for best supporting
actress.
“It’s not always easy but you have to know how to
take a leap into the unknown where these chauvinistic codes no longer apply.”
Binoche, who has taken on some 75 different parts
since her silver screen debut in 1983, says she tries to “never judge a role,
but to embrace it with all its contradictions, all its darkness, and for what
ultimately makes it human.”
“And when a storyline leads to an evolution or a
transformation, that’s what interests me most.”
On Sunday evening, the festival will present Binoche
and Canadian director David Cronenberg with an honorary Donostia award in
recognition of their careers.
Past recipients of the Donostia award — the
festival’s highest honor — include actors Meryl Streep, Richard Gere, Ian
McKellen, and Robert De Niro.
Last year’s honors were awarded to French actor
Marion Cotillard and Hollywood star
Johnny Depp.
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