Catherine Deneuve Quotes

Bjork is a very original, interesting person. I like her very much... view

By: Catherine Deneuve

A woman has to be intelligent, have charm, a sense of humor, and be kind. It's the same qualities I require from a man... view

By: Catherine Deneuve

Acting is also working with people who invite you into their dreams and trust you with their innermost being... view

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Actors have to be there and do the work, and that's enough... view

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All women who kill or have sexual obsessions or who are prostitutes have trouble with their fathers... view

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Being a film actor is very different from a theatre actor... view

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A lot of actors don't like to see how they've done every day... view

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Being an actress is a very physical thing. If I didn't look the way I looked, I would never have started in films... view

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Film is a very young art that is still evolving. Soon, we shall reach a balance between content and technology... view

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Cinema is still a very young art form with extraordinary techniques and very impressive special effects but sometimes it seems the soul has been taken out of things... view

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Being an actor means being an instrument for someone else. I want to give myself completely... view

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Directors have to push me. I have to be pushed up. Not all the time, but often... view

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It's always difficult to play a scene of physical violence because you're always afraid that you don't know your own strength and might hurt someone... view

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Even if there are a lot women in films, there are few who are lesbians, that people know about... view

By: Catherine Deneuve

On Belle de Jour, the producer was very protective. It was very hard for me... view

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I admire directors so much, I find them incredible: they manage such a huge number of people of different characters, think of the money involved... view

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I always try to keep that feeling of being on the edge. I'm afraid of knowing too well and seeming mechanical... view

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I am frivolous. Then I feel guilty... view

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I can be very critical on myself and on other people.. view

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It has been very erotic and provocative for people to wonder about my feelings for women... view

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In America you need a bodyguard to go out... view

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I've always been able to decide what was more important at different points in my life, but I never gave up personal things to work, never... view

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I'm not an admirer of action movies. I just think, Oh my God, it must be so tiring... view

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Even if a woman is abused a very long time ago, it comes out in her life in a negative way... view

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Some people fall in love with their co-stars and feel things that they never thought they would feel for them because they are touching... view

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You suffer as an actor. It's difficult to be an actor and live a good life, especially today... view

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You get involved with a character after spending a long time waiting, and this demands a lot of energy and concentration... view

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You can express a lot of things, a lot of action without speaking... view

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When I first see the dailies, I look only at myself, but then you start to see the scene... view

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Truffaut loved actresses, and he was very intense. All the actresses I knew wanted to do a film with him... view

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To wait, for an actor, is not like someone who's waiting to see the doctor. It's not the kind of wait where you get bored... view

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To have a public life, you still have the right to a private life... view

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This book was company for me - I wrote these things when I was in hotels, far from where I normally live. I never intended to publish it... view

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There are relatively few role models for young people. We are in a society that is ruled by men... view

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The story is more important to me than the part... view

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Marriage is obsolete and a trap... view

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Sometimes it's more difficult to do very simple, low-key films... view

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It's very difficult for me to speak about being an actor... view

By: Catherine Deneuve

Sex is a big question mark. It is something people will talk about forever... view

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Polanski was very precise. I think he still is... view

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People expect a lot more from someone they think looks interesting. It's a burden... view

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People don't know very much about me. They do not know what really goes on in my private life... view

By: Catherine Deneuve