Catherine Deneuve (Catherine Fabienne Dorléac) Quotes
Hollywood was already changing when I went there in 1968. I love American directors. I would love to work for Francis Ford Coppola or Martin Scorsese. But they don't need European actresses.
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Because I'm so hands on here at work and always looking at fabrics you have to be mobile and as comfortable as possible.
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It would be incredible to work with Stanley Kubrick and go back in time.
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Too much work, too much vacation, too much of any one thing is unsound.
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When you're a woman, you have to work harder to get a laugh... I follow so many hilarious women on Twitter. It's a daily reminder that women get to be funny.
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I can be collaborative, for instance, in situations where I go and study the artist's work before I start writing. Then I can at least try to write towards their style.
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I've worked with very few that I considered unpleasant. Dennis the Menace was a joy to work on.
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Executive ability is deciding quickly and getting somebody else to do the work.
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I think with anything where you delve into the back story of an artist, it kind of explains their work more intimately.
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If I am judged for my work, many myths about me as an autocrat or otherwise would become clearer. I feel false propaganda will not last, and truth will ultimately prevail.
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If you work hard in real life, people tend to get in your way - either from inertia or prejudice - and they stop you achieving things. It's the worst thing about real life compared with sports, where you generally get what you deserve: if you're the fastest guy, you win; there are no other games being played.
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What Mexicans want and aspire to, is to go there and work temporarily and raise some money and come back home. That's what they want, so nobody's asking for those two, three million Mexicans that are illegally in the United States to become American citizens.
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I realised I had to work in something creative, but with a business and global element. And that I had to do it while I was still young and had an appetite for risk.
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It's difficult to find a movie that feels true to itself. You feel the hand of Hollywood, the moviemaking by committee, on everything.
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I was really interested in geishas' work, and wanted to meet real geishas.
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I am an independent girl. I always put my work first in my priority.
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My theory is, independent movies only work if you're willing to push the material and do something different.
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When a great many people are unable to find work, unemployment results.
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I am guilty of using dollar signs as proof of a work of art's longevity.
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There was an exhibition in Munich in 1937, 'Degenerate Art,' which included work by Klee, Kandinsky, Beckmann and many others. The work was called 'sick' and put in the trash heap. The sentiments expressed toward contemporary art by Jesse Helms, Pat Robertson and Mayor Giuliani recall the language used by the Nazis.
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Every now and then, you get lucky enough to work with some people you feel like you would take a bullet for.
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Work always gives me an opportunity to grow as an artist and a person.
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I just do what I'm here for and that's to make that music.
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Everything has been homogenized. Over time, with television and jet travel, everybody has blended together. Some of our wonderful charm has been lost.
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Hollywood was already changing when I went there in 1968. I love American directors. I would love to work for Francis Ford Coppola or Martin Scorsese. But they don't need European actresses.
