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She is well-known for being one of the leading ladies in film of our time, but Marion Cotillard has also found herself being admired and adopted by the fashion world.

Having been one of Dior's most famous muses since 2008 and appeared on more than 200 magazine covers around the world, the French actress is this week adding another to her impressive repoitoire with a stunning new cover shoot for Porter magazine.

Speaking of her relationship with the French fashion house, Cotillard admitted: 'I was never really interested in fashion before I started to work with Dior. I didn't see fashion as an art form."

"Working with Dior has changed my perception. I would [call it] business but it's not very glamorous to use that word. But it is, almost."

She also speaks of the impact fashion can have on the way a person is perceived. "It's become like a crazy thing that some people can have power if they are well-dressed. Which is okay."

"I mean there is room for this, otherwise it wouldn’t exist. But I like to see [fashion] as a form of art more than a business."

Speaking of gender equality in the acting world, Cotillard expressed her discomfort with the argument. "Filmmaking is not about gender. 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 the difference that creates this energy in creation and love. Sometimes in the word feminism there’s too much separation."

The actress, who is currently promoting her new movie Macbeth with Michael Fassbender, also admitted to having panic attacts during filming of the upcoming movie.

"Actually, when I start a movie I usually freak out. This time it was pretty physical and intense. Panic attacks. I never had panic attacks before."

"I was like, ‘Are you kidding me? Am I having a panic attack?!’ But I just had to accept I would freak out the whole shoot long. That was not very comfortable, but you don’t expect to be comfortable playing Lady Macbeth… You make the choice of living a nightmare and you deal with it."

Dior Cruise 2015 Show - in pictures 18 show all Dior Cruise 2015 Show - in pictures 1/18 Dior Cruise 2015 Marion Cotillard goes for a loose fit Bryan Bedder/Getty 2/18 Dior Cruise 2015 Rihanna attends the Christian Dior Cruise 2015 show at Brooklyn Navy Yard JP Yim/Getty 3/18 Dior Cruise 2015 Margot Robbie colour blocks to perfection Bryan Bedder/Getty 4/18 Dior Cruise 2015 Maggie Gyllenhaal keeps it classic Bryan Bedder/Getty 5/18 Dior Cruise 2015 Rihanna stole the show Bryan Bedder/Getty 6/18 Dior Cruise 2015 Rihanna who was unveiled as a source in inspiration for artistic director Raf Simons David X Prutting/BFAnyc.com/Rex 7/18 Dior Cruise 2015 Rihanna Brad Barket/Invision/AP 8/18 Dior Cruise 2015 Olivia Palermo works the thigh split Joe Schildhorn/BFAnyc.com/Rex 9/18 Dior Cruise 2015 Ruth Wilson wore a chic suit Joe Schildhorn/BFAnyc.com/Rex 10/18 Dior Cruise 2015 Toni Goodman and Helena Christensen on the front row Joe Schildhorn/BFAnyc.com/Rex 11/18 Dior Cruise 2015 Oranges and yellows gave the show a pop of colour JP Yim/Getty 12/18 Dior Cruise 2015 Rihanna Brad Barket/Invision/AP 13/18 Dior Cruise 2015 Helena Christensen accentuates her amazing legs Rex Features 14/18 Dior Cruise 2015 Delphine Arnault, Marion Cotillard, Sidney Toledano, Katia Toledano, Margot Robbie and Melissa Forde Joe Schildhorn/BFAnyc.com/Rex 15/18 Dior Cruise 2015 The show took place in New York's cool Brooklyn district JP Yim/Getty 16/18 Dior Cruise 2015 Mark Holgate, Grace Coddington, Anna Wintour and Shelby Bryan David X Prutting/BFAnyc.com/Rex 17/18 Dior Cruise 2015 Allison Williams puts a new twist on the wide leg cut Joe Schildhorn/BFAnyc.com/Rex 18/18 Dior Cruise 2015 Leelee Sobieski and Maggie Gyllenhaal Joe Schildhorn/BFAnyc.com/Rex 1/18 Dior Cruise 2015 Marion Cotillard goes for a loose fit Bryan Bedder/Getty 2/18 Dior Cruise 2015 Rihanna attends the Christian Dior Cruise 2015 show at Brooklyn Navy Yard JP Yim/Getty 3/18 Dior Cruise 2015 Margot Robbie colour blocks to perfection Bryan Bedder/Getty 4/18 Dior Cruise 2015 Maggie Gyllenhaal keeps it classic Bryan Bedder/Getty 5/18 Dior Cruise 2015 Rihanna stole the show Bryan Bedder/Getty 6/18 Dior Cruise 2015 Rihanna who was unveiled as a source in inspiration for artistic director Raf Simons David X Prutting/BFAnyc.com/Rex 7/18 Dior Cruise 2015 Rihanna Brad Barket/Invision/AP 8/18 Dior Cruise 2015 Olivia Palermo works the thigh split Joe Schildhorn/BFAnyc.com/Rex 9/18 Dior Cruise 2015 Ruth Wilson wore a chic suit Joe Schildhorn/BFAnyc.com/Rex 10/18 Dior Cruise 2015 Toni Goodman and Helena Christensen on the front row Joe Schildhorn/BFAnyc.com/Rex 11/18 Dior Cruise 2015 Oranges and yellows gave the show a pop of colour JP Yim/Getty 12/18 Dior Cruise 2015 Rihanna Brad Barket/Invision/AP 13/18 Dior Cruise 2015 Helena Christensen accentuates her amazing legs Rex Features 14/18 Dior Cruise 2015 Delphine Arnault, Marion Cotillard, Sidney Toledano, Katia Toledano, Margot Robbie and Melissa Forde Joe Schildhorn/BFAnyc.com/Rex 15/18 Dior Cruise 2015 The show took place in New York's cool Brooklyn district JP Yim/Getty 16/18 Dior Cruise 2015 Mark Holgate, Grace Coddington, Anna Wintour and Shelby Bryan David X Prutting/BFAnyc.com/Rex 17/18 Dior Cruise 2015 Allison Williams puts a new twist on the wide leg cut Joe Schildhorn/BFAnyc.com/Rex 18/18 Dior Cruise 2015 Leelee Sobieski and Maggie Gyllenhaal Joe Schildhorn/BFAnyc.com/Rex

Speaking of filming with the French beauty, Michael Fassbender revealed to the magazine: “She’s got a wicked sense of humor. Direct, playful, provocative, [she] doesn’t pull any punches.”

“(At Cannes) we sat down in the theatre and she was sitting beside me and she goes, ‘Diiid you ‘ave fish for dinner?’ And I was like, ‘Yeah why? Do I stink of it?’ And she was like, ‘Yes. You know, I only tell you because you are my friend but maybe you should ‘ave a chewing gum or something'."

"I did have a chewing gum and then the film started and for the rest of it I had my hand over my mouth, sure that I stank of fish."

See the full interview with Marion Cotillard in the latest issue of PORTER, on sale globally on Friday October 2. Also available as a digital edition or go to porter.com