Jeanne Moreau Quotes
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To give a character life in a short space of time, it helps if you arrive on screen with a past.
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Being an actress is to be in tune with the fantasies of a man. What woman never dreamt of that?
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To go out with the setting sun on an empty beach is to truly embrace your solitude.
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Some people are addicts. If they don't act, they don't exist.
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During rehearsals I am confronted by things very mysterious. I have terrific fights with inner demons, and it's more painful than it ever was.
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If you get trapped in the idea that what is most important is what image of yourself you're giving to the world, you're on a dangerous path.
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Life is given to you like a flat piece of land and everything has to be done. I hope that when I am finished, my piece of land will be a beautiful garden, so there is a lot of work.
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You don't have to be a wreck. You don't have to be sick. One's aim in life should be to die in good health. Just like a candle that burns out.
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To give and receive love, you have to be in touch with pain, you have to be capable of provoking it and feeling it.
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I can be intimidating, but not within the confines of a film shoot.
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As long as you don't make waves, ripples, life seems easy. But that's condemning yourself to impotence and death before you are dead.
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I think more and more people want to live alone. You can be a couple without being in each other's pockets. I don't see why you have to share the same bathroom.
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Knowing how to die is knowing how to live. What is death anyway? It's the outcome of life.
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It's like climbing a staircase. I'm on the top of the staircase, I look behind me and I see the steps. That's where I was.
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My life is very exciting now.
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I am a woman with absolutely no sense of nostalgia.
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You should not separate your life from what you do.
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When I'm acting, I'm two beings. There's the one monitoring the distance between myself and the camera, making sure I hit my marks, and there is the one driven by this inner fire, this delicious fear.
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Some gods may cross your path, but why should gods be beautiful? They could also be frightening.
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I don't like going where I've already been. Life is a myriad of territories to discover. I don't want to waste time with what I already know.