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

Polanski was very precise. I think he still is. — Catherine Deneuve

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. — Catherine Deneuve

I'd like to be an American Catherine Deneuve. She plays beautiful, sensitive, deep parts with a little bit of intelligence behind them. — Sharon Tate

I wouldn't say no to being in a film with Jude Law. I love English actors. — Catherine Deneuve

Yeah, right, like Catherine Deneuve has her own hot-guy SWAT team trolling the neighborhood for celebrity stalkers with swords - Kate (Die For Me) — Amy Plum

If you try to measure the future, you will never risk the present. Playing it safe. A ghastly game. — Catherine Deneuve

Love is suffering. One side always loves more. — Catherine Deneuve

On Belle de Jour, the producer was very protective. It was very hard for me. — Catherine Deneuve

Charm and perfection hardly cooperate. Charm premises little mistakes which one would like to cover. — Catherine Deneuve

I love to not work. I like to travel. I work maybe half the year, no more. — Catherine Deneuve

People who know me know I'm strong, but I'm vulnerable. — Catherine Deneuve

All women who kill or have sexual obsessions or who are prostitutes have trouble with their fathers. — Catherine Deneuve

I have been involved in some films other actresses would not have done. — Catherine Deneuve

Sex is a big question mark. It is something people will talk about forever. — Catherine Deneuve

Lesbians and gays ... they still have to fight, even inside. It's not that simple, even if they seem to be accepted. — Catherine Deneuve

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. — Catherine Deneuve

I live very normally, I go out with my friends, we go to the movies, I queue, we go to restaurants. — Catherine Deneuve

In America you need a bodyguard to go out. — Catherine Deneuve

I want to be a blonde vampire. Catherine Deneuve was a blonde vampire, and she was my favourite vampire ever. — Radha Mitchell

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. — Catherine Deneuve

The story is more important to me than the part. — Catherine Deneuve

Opportunities are often things you haven't noticed the first time around. — Catherine Deneuve

You should put scent where you like to be kissed. — Catherine Deneuve

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

You can express a lot of things, a lot of action without speaking. — Catherine Deneuve

It's very difficult for me to speak about being an actor. — Catherine Deneuve

I can be very critical on myself and on other people; I can be very demanding. — Catherine Deneuve

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

I have no physical courage, I've asked for a double. — Catherine Deneuve

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. — Catherine Deneuve

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. — Catherine Deneuve

To have a public life, you still have the right to a private life. — Catherine Deneuve

Men are good but women are magic. — Catherine Deneuve

I didn't devote my life to acting. I give a lot to my work, but my life has always been more important. — Catherine Deneuve

Bowie's a real man, and I'm a real woman - just like Catherine Deneuve. — Iggy Pop

You can tell how nervous I am by how fast I am talking! — Catherine Deneuve

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. — Catherine Deneuve

I get irritated, nervous, very tense or stressed, but never bored. — Catherine Deneuve

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

I love to do very long and complicated scenes. — Catherine Deneuve

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. — Catherine Deneuve

People have always thought of me as someone who's very classical,when in fact I've led a rather unconventional life. — Catherine Deneuve

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. — Catherine Deneuve

I would love to work with Robert De Niro or Al Pacino. I think they're wonderful actors. — Catherine Deneuve

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. — Catherine Deneuve

I know who I am, how I was. I don't want to know how I will be because nobody knows that. — Catherine Deneuve

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. — Catherine Deneuve

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. — Catherine Deneuve

The paparazzi are nothing but dogs of war. — Catherine Deneuve

I don't enjoy. I suffer from enjoying. It's very Christian. — Catherine Deneuve

That's what I like about film-it can be bizarre, classic, normal, romantic. Cinema is to me the most versatile thing. — Catherine Deneuve

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. — Catherine Deneuve

Being a film actor is very different from a theatre actor. — Catherine Deneuve

I did important films when I was very young. — Catherine Deneuve

I think the clothes in Belle de Jour are very important to the style of the film. Even today, it is still timeless. — Catherine Deneuve

Prostitution happens to you because of troubles you had. In reality no woman would choose to do that. — Catherine Deneuve

You're better off not preparing, because what you prepare will always be wrong. — Catherine Deneuve

It was mostly an aura about him (Gene Kelly). For me he was Hollywood. The way I'd imagined it as a child. — Catherine Deneuve

I'm not always the nicest person to meet, because I forget very easily that I'm an actress when I'm not working. — Catherine Deneuve

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

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

Mississippi Mermaid was a very special experience because we only had the dialogues for the scenes we were shooting the night before. — Catherine Deneuve

Catherine Deneuve is the man I've always wanted to be. — Gerard Depardieu

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. — Catherine Deneuve

At a certain age, you have to choose between your face and your ass. — Catherine Deneuve

I don't see any reason for marriage when there is divorce. — Catherine Deneuve

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

Bjork is a very original, interesting person. I like her very much. — Catherine Deneuve

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

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

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

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

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

I'm lucky; people write scripts for me. — Catherine Deneuve

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

I like being famous when it's convenient for me and completely anonymous when it's not. — Catherine Deneuve

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. — Catherine Deneuve

Marriage is obsolete and a trap. — Catherine Deneuve

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

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

I cannot imagine having a physical relationship with a woman. I have not done that. But I really love women. — Catherine Deneuve

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

I think anything that has to do with sexuality makes people very interested. — Catherine Deneuve

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

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. — Catherine Deneuve

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. — Catherine Deneuve

I would have liked maybe to be in architecture or painting, something connected to the fine arts. — Catherine Deneuve

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

I choose my roles carefully. — Catherine Deneuve

I'm so popular it's scary sometimes. I suppose I'm just everybody's type. — Catherine Deneuve

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

I never hoped that both my children would become actors. I expected them to do something else. — Catherine Deneuve

I was never a dangerous woman. I'm not the prissy blonde woman that could take your husband away. — Catherine Deneuve

Actors have to be there and do the work, and that's enough. — Catherine Deneuve