Marion Cotillard doesn't identify as a feminist. In fact, the Academy Award winner believes the very word is harming the film industry.

Hollywood's female actors, directors and writers report consistent sexism, ageism, sexual harassment and exclusion from jobs and accolades.

But in an interview with Porter Magazine, Cotillard, who appears as Lady Macbeth in Justin Kurzel's Macbeth film adaptation, argued that the vocal push to include more women in Hollywood creates an unnecessary separation of genders.

"Filmmaking is not about gender," she said. "You cannot ask a president in a festival like Cannes to have, like, five movies directed by women and five by men. For me, it doesn't create equality; it creates separation. I mean I don't qualify myself as a feminist."

"We need to fight for women's rights, but I don't want to separate women from men. We're separated already because we're not made the same and it's this difference that creates this energy in creation and love."

"Sometimes in the word 'feminism' there's too much separation," she added.

Cotillard has frequently gone against the grain in her comments to the press. She has, for example, previously expressed doubts about the moon landing and the September 11 terrorist attacks. "I think we're lied to about a number of things," she said.

She later apologized for those remarks, claiming they were taken out of context.

This year's Cannes Film Festival coverage was dominated by "Heelgate," a controversy that emerged when women wearing flat shoes were barred from attending some Cannes screenings.

Fortunately, Cotillard donned heels for the Macbeth premiere.