Catherine Deneuve (Catherine Fabienne Dorléac) Quotes
I didn't devote my life to acting. I give a lot to my work, but my life has always been more important.
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I retire every time I'm done with a movie. Then I go back. You know, I enjoy sleep. But I love to work; it's fun for me. As long as it continues to be fun, and I'm tolerated by the people around me, I will do it.
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I didn't grow up with a lot of babies in my life because I only grew up with my parents - I didn't have any brothers or sisters - and I didn't have my family close by.
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Being a parent is about your survival. Surviving the terrible two's is the most important thing.
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I want to do work that has a message and casts a light over an area that's dark. But I'm fun and jovial, too.
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As a child I experienced firsthand the severe effects of poverty and illiteracy, especially upon women and children. My parents taught me the importance of education and that it was a key to improving an individual's life.
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My whole outlook on life is, never judge a book by its cover.
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We are seeing healing among the stolen generations, and initiatives which are enabling Indigenous people to make their distinctive contribution to our national life.
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Yes, I believe the will is very important. It's how I have succeeded in life.
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You walk into the class in second grade. You can't read. What are you going to do if you're going to make it? You identify the smart kid. You make friends with him. You sit next to him. You grow a team around you. You delegate your work to others. You learn how to talk your way out of a tight spot.
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As an actor, you're not kind of thinking about your own work or watching the movie for the first time.
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My wife and I are very blessed. I am very grateful for the life that we lead.
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When you work on a record for three years, it's a great sense of relief when it is finally out in the world. It just feels good.
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I'm very laid back, easy. There's nothing better in life than seeing your kids do well.
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I understand that sometimes when you're young it's difficult to remember the difference between real life and what is part of fantasy.
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Be strong, believe in freedom and in God, love yourself, understand your sexuality, have a sense of humor, masturbate, don't judge people by their religion, color or sexual habits, love life and your family.
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People who work in specialized fields seem to have their own language. Practitioners develop a shorthand to communicate among themselves. The jargon can almost sound like a foreign language.
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What I got which was unusual, especially as a child actress, was parents who believed that Hollywood was not that important. They told us education, family, health, all come first and they meant it.
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I have no regrets. I wanted to raise the kids and be a present father. When I developed a movie, I was gone for a year. That didn't really work for me. That isn't fair to make these life-forms and then disappear.
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It is not a dirty word, "feminism." I just think that women belong in the human population with the same rights as everybody else... The problem is, "A feminist looks like this, or is like that." We are taught not to like ourselves as women, we are taught what we're supposed to look like, what our measurements are supposed to be. I never hear what measurements men are supposed to be. Just women.
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I'm so optimistic, I'd go after Moby Dick in a rowboat and take the tartar sauce with me.
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The people who make policy decisions should damned well know what they are talking about before they make the decisions. There is nobody who is an expert on cloning who would be afraid after seeing Attack of the Clones.
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I get better and better every day, but there is still a lot to learn.
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It's always unfortunate when a reporter is sent behind bars for failing to turn over sources. There's no way to say what the long-term outcome will be.
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I didn't devote my life to acting. I give a lot to my work, but my life has always been more important.
