Eva Green covers the new issue of The Edit, net-a-porter’s online magazine. Eva’s promoting Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, in which she was directed by Tim Burton (who she might be dating now). While I find Eva compelling, beautiful and interesting on screen, this editorial isn’t doing much for me. The interview is an interesting read though. Eva has been big on talking about how she’s an “introvert” lately. I understand that a lot of people are truly introverted, but it does feel like the “I’m such an introvert” thing is the new “I was always such a nerd” or “I was never popular” thing that celebrities used to say in interviews. Eva also casts some harsh judgments on people who care about fashion, people who take selfies, and people with ambition. You can read the full piece here, and here are some highlights:

She considers herself a classic introvert. “I’m not the most eloquent person. I’m not great at talking about myself. People are surprised when they see I’m shy.”

She’s not on social media: “Because I don’t want to get drunk and go ‘blahblahblah’. sometimes I do drunk texting. So if I went on Twitter… There’s something quite desperate about it. ‘Look what I’ve done!’ No. And I hate selfies. Lots of people ask for a selfie now; it’s sad. They want a picture, but it’s about them, rather than sharing a moment. It feels like they steal something, rather than looking at you and going, ‘I like your work.’”

Whether she considers her style goth/gothic: “I’d say more baroque. I like to have my armor when I go on a red carpet – I feel very vulnerable otherwise. I like a smoky eye or a red lip – I just want to be in a costume that will protect me.” Would she tend to pick a high-necked dress over anything too revealing? “Oh, yes. I’m not comfortable with booby.”

Personal style: “Years ago, my publicist gave me an article saying I was the worst-dressed actress in the world. If you’re too original, like Helena Bonham Carter with the one red shoe…I adore her for doing that. But people are, ‘Oh my gahhhd!’” she says, affecting a shrill American accent. “Even now, I wouldn’t go [looking] too original. It’s such a big fuss, to be myself. But to have to remain safe is boring. F****** boring. ‘What are you wearing?’ is all [reporters] care about, rather than about your movie. It’s not very clever.”

Her role in Miss Peregrine: “It was nice not to be a love interest. To play the guardian of those children, who would risk her life to protect them – I loved the idea that her children are her life. Tim calls her a Scary Poppins. I like dense stuff. I’m not good at the in-between kind. It’s nice to give your heart and soul to something. It’s very jubilating.”

Is acting a job? “It’s definitely not a job. I love to have time to really dissect a character. I’m kind of a geek in that way…. Even the actors I’m friends with, they’re not actor actors. It’s such a narcissistic job. Ambition kind of disgusts me; it becomes quite scary in people.”

The idea of a female Bond: “I think Bond should remain a man. Of course you can have a movie about a female spy, but Bond has to be a man.”

[From The Edit]

“Ambition kind of disgusts me; it becomes quite scary in people…” Maybe I’m completely wrong, but I feel like that kind of sentiment is felt more often among French and British people. Like, “ambition” is a dirty word. Ambition means you think too highly of yourself and you need to be cut down. In America, ambition doesn’t have the same kind of overwhelmingly negative connotation. Also: “‘What are you wearing?’ is all [reporters] care about, rather than about your movie. It’s not very clever.” She knows she’s talking to an American fashion magazine, right?

Photos courtesy of The Edit.