Catherine Deneuve Quotes
Top 91 wise famous quotes and sayings by Catherine Deneuve
Catherine Deneuve Famous Quotes & Sayings
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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.
Charm and perfection hardly cooperate. Charm premises little mistakes which one would like to cover.
All women who kill or have sexual obsessions or who are prostitutes have trouble with their fathers.
Truffaut loved actresses, and he was very intense. All the actresses I knew wanted to do a film with him.
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.
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.
I had mice that I kept as pets when I was very young, and I've always liked the way they look. Even rats. I'm not scared of them.
Lesbians and gays ... they still have to fight, even inside. It's not that simple, even if they seem to be accepted.
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.
I don't live that much with the character. I find it hard enough having to spend so many hours with the character during the day.
What I do is I come in the morning and get involved in the character, but I'm always very pleased to leave it at night and have my life.
I didn't devote my life to acting. I give a lot to my work, but my life has always been more important.
I love vampire stories. That's why I did the movie. Women especially were taken with that movie-even more so when it came out on video.
I have a strong sense of responsibility. I like to be directed, it's true. If I didn't like that, I'd do something else.
People have always thought of me as someone who's very classical,when in fact I've led a rather unconventional life.
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.
I like some of the early silent films because I love to watch how actors had to play then. What would interest me today is to do a silent film.
That's what I like about film-it can be bizarre, classic, normal, romantic. Cinema is to me the most versatile thing.
When you're young, you try to meet that expectation that people have of you. It can be very stressful. But with time it's become less of problem.
I like all these little animals that run and eat and hide all the time. I like their faces, They seem to be scared and curious at the same time.
I think the clothes in Belle de Jour are very important to the style of the film. Even today, it is still timeless.
Prostitution happens to you because of troubles you had. In reality no woman would choose to do that.
It was mostly an aura about him (Gene Kelly). For me he was Hollywood. The way I'd imagined it as a child.
I'm not always the nicest person to meet, because I forget very easily that I'm an actress when I'm not working.
You get involved with a character after spending a long time waiting, and this demands a lot of energy and concentration.
Mississippi Mermaid was a very special experience because we only had the dialogues for the scenes we were shooting the night before.
I go to the movies a lot, and I regret when I see some actor that I used to like, to find them offering no more surprises.
Being an actress is a very physical thing. If I didn't look the way I looked, I would never have started in films.
I always try to keep that feeling of being on the edge. I'm afraid of knowing too well and seeming mechanical.
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.
I cannot imagine having a physical relationship with a woman. I have not done that. But I really love women.
Film is a very young art that is still evolving. Soon, we shall reach a balance between content and technology.
You'll be back. When the hunger knows no reason! And then you'll need to feed, and you'll need me to show you how.
Acting is also working with people who invite you into their dreams and trust you with their innermost being.