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I am frivolous. But sometimes, that's the problem of my Christian education, when I know I've been frivolous, and I know I have to do it, then I feel guilty. — 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
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
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
Getting older is not nice for anyone, not for men, not for women, and even more difficult for people who depend on their physical appearance. But it's not a drama. I know some people who are much more stressed than I am. And also, I live in Europe; I think it would be much more difficult if I lived in America. — Catherine Deneuve
I cannot imagine having a physical relationship with a woman. I have not done that. But I really love 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 live very normally, I go out with my friends, we go to the movies, I queue, we go to restaurants. — 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
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
You can tell how nervous I am by how fast I am talking! — Catherine Deneuve
Prostitution happens to you because of troubles you had. In reality no woman would choose to do that. — Catherine Deneuve
Charm and perfection hardly cooperate. Charm premises little mistakes which one would like to cover. — Catherine Deneuve
Sex is a big question mark. It is something people will talk about forever. — Catherine Deneuve
I wouldn't say no to being in a film with Jude Law. I love English actors. — Catherine Deneuve
Sometimes, just to give the impression that you have the strength and the vitality demands a lot. You can't always give that impression when you have heels and a wig on and it's 40 degrees outside. — 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
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
I would have liked maybe to be in architecture or painting, something connected to the fine arts. — Catherine Deneuve
At a certain age, you have to choose between your face and your ass. — Catherine Deneuve
Love is suffering. One side always loves more. — Catherine Deneuve
I get irritated, nervous, very tense or stressed, but never bored. — Catherine Deneuve
There are relatively few role models for young people. We are in a society that is ruled by men. — Catherine Deneuve
Polanski was very precise. I think he still is. — 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 have no physical courage, I've asked for a double. — Catherine Deneuve
You can express a lot of things, a lot of action without speaking. — 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
People who know me know I'm strong, but I'm vulnerable. — Catherine Deneuve
You should put scent where you like to be kissed. — Catherine Deneuve
I don't enjoy. I suffer from enjoying. It's very Christian. — Catherine Deneuve
I'm lucky; people write scripts for me. — Catherine Deneuve
I love to not work. I like to travel. I work maybe half the year, no more. — 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
I was never a dangerous woman. I'm not the prissy blonde woman that could take your husband away. — Catherine Deneuve
Film is a very young art that is still evolving. Soon, we shall reach a balance between content and technology. — Catherine Deneuve
Opportunities are often things you haven't noticed the first time around. — Catherine Deneuve
I choose my roles carefully. — Catherine Deneuve
As for Aliki - if you were to stand in the middle of Rome and say the name Sophia Loren, or Paris and say the name Catherine Deneuve or Brigitte Bardot, or L.A. and the name Marilyn Monroe, it's like standing in Athens, or anywhere in wide-flung Greece, and saying Aliki Vougiouklaki. A huge star - and so little known elsewhere in the world. — Ali Smith
Being a film actor is very different from a theatre actor. — 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
I'm afraid of being too sure, to just deliver. I think that's the biggest danger for actors - after a certain time, when you're known and recognised, people expect you to do what you're supposed to do, and there's almost no more criticism and that's very dangerous. — 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
To an Ohio boy, it represented world-weary Gallic shrugs and Gauloises cigarettes, existentialist thinkers in berets and Catherine Deneuve in nothing at all - French was the language of intellectual power and effortless sex appeal. — Michael Dirda
If you try to measure the future, you will never risk the present. Playing it safe. A ghastly game. — Catherine Deneuve
I think one of the few times I've been involved with real-life characters was the story of Marie Bonaparte. I think it's really difficult to become someone that really existed. — 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
Bjork is a very original, interesting person. I like her very much. — Catherine Deneuve
On Belle de Jour, the producer was very protective. It was very hard for me. — Catherine Deneuve
I'm not an admirer of action movies. I just think, Oh my God, it must be so tiring. — Catherine Deneuve
Acting is also working with people who invite you into their dreams and trust you with their innermost being. — Catherine Deneuve
I think anything that has to do with sexuality makes people very interested. — Catherine Deneuve
Sometimes it's more difficult to do very simple, low-key films. — Catherine Deneuve
You suffer as an actor. It's difficult to be an actor and live a good life, especially today. — Catherine Deneuve
People expect a lot more from someone they think looks interesting. It's a burden. — 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
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
All women who kill or have sexual obsessions or who are prostitutes have trouble with their fathers. — 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
I like being famous when it's convenient for me and completely anonymous when it's not. — Catherine Deneuve
I would love to work with Robert De Niro or Al Pacino. I think they're wonderful actors. — 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 admire Cate Blanchett and Kate Winslet. I like a lot of comedians. I like Cameron Diaz - she's funny and has a very light spirit. That's quite rare nowadays. There are many actresses I admire. — Catherine Deneuve
I love to not work. I love to go to the movies, I like to travel ... I think I work maybe half the year. Sometimes, people think I've done three films in a year, but it's because I did a participation in a film. But I work for half a year, no more. — Catherine Deneuve
I can be very critical on myself and on other people; I can be very demanding. — Catherine Deneuve
I did important films when I was very young. — Catherine Deneuve
The smouldering eroticism of great European actresses like Jeanne Moreau demonstrated to my generations women's archetypal mystery and glamour, completely missing from the totalitarian world-view of the misogynist Foucault. For me, the big French D is not Derrida, but Deneuve. — Camille Paglia
Most of the time I've worked with directors who write their own scripts. The story is more important to me than the part. The project of the film has always been more important to 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 know who I am, how I was. I don't want to know how I will be because nobody knows that. — Catherine Deneuve
It's very difficult for me to speak about being an actor. — 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
Lesbians and gays ... they still have to fight, even inside. It's not that simple, even if they seem to be accepted. — 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
Even if there are a lot women in films, there are few who are lesbians, that people know about. — Catherine Deneuve
The paparazzi are nothing but dogs of war. — Catherine Deneuve
Catherine Deneuve is the man I've always wanted to be. — Gerard Depardieu
It has been very erotic and provocative for people to wonder about my feelings for women. — Catherine Deneuve
Actors have to be there and do the work, and that's enough. — Catherine Deneuve
I have been involved in some films other actresses would not have done. — Catherine Deneuve
I don't know Hollywood very well. I've never lived in Los Angeles or New York. But what I can see in Paris, where I live, is that actresses like Catherine Deneuve, Isabelle Huppert, Charlotte Rampling, still get the chance to play strong, sexy roles even though they're not 20. — Monica Bellucci
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
I like working with directors much, because I want to be able to give myself completely to their vision. Otherwise I would only do what I could do, again and again. I want to be taken by someone in a different direction. — Catherine Deneuve
People don't know very much about me. They do not know what really goes on in my private life. — 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
I never hoped that both my children would become actors. I expected them to do something else. — Catherine Deneuve
Being an actor means being an instrument for someone else. I want to give myself completely. — Catherine Deneuve
When I first see the dailies, I look only at myself, but then you start to see the scene. — Catherine Deneuve
I have a lot of respect and admiration for someone like Cate Blanchett, find Emma Thompson wonderful, Meryl Streep inspiring, Juliette Binoche full of light and Catherine Deneuve incredible. — Clemence Poesy
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. — 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'm so popular it's scary sometimes. I suppose I'm just everybody's type. — Catherine Deneuve
I don't see any reason for marriage when there is divorce. — 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