Marion Cotillard living life's dream

Marion Cotillard loves her life as she gets to live out her dreams.

The French star - who was the first person to receive an Oscar for a foreign language performance when she won Best Actress accolade for her role in 2007's 'La Vie En Rose' - refuses to let her job take over her life but enjoys everything she gets to do.

She said: "I live as a girl who had big dreams and who is lucky enough to live those dreams while continuing to dream - while at the same time living a real life.

"I don't want to be someone else. And I'm not going to let my job take me away from myself. I'm not going to be haunted or disturbed."

The 35-year-old beauty - who is currently expecting her first child with partner Guillaume Canet - also revealed her cinematic inspirations are classic comedy actors.

She told Empire magazine: "I admired Greta Garbo but I didn't want to be her. I wanted to be Charlie Chaplin. I wanted to be Peter Sellers."