Catherine Deneuve Quotes
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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.
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This is a magic place. It's one of my favorite buildings in Paris.
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I have no physical courage, I've asked for a double.
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My relationships have never really lasted very long. I suppose there is something within me that is not right for that way of life.
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Charm and perfection hardly cooperate. Charm premises little mistakes which one would like to cover.
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I‘m a free woman and always will be, i send my sisterly regards to all the victims of abject acts who would have felt attacked by this column inLe Monde, and it is to them, and them only, that I offer my apologies.
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I am shocked when people talk about me and sum me up as: blonde, cold, and solemn. People will cling on to whatever reinforces their own assumptions about a person.
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Film is a very young art that is still evolving. Soon, we shall reach a balance between content and technology.
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Sometimes, if you're shooting a complicated scene, you have to stay in a position and wait for the technician to do his job, and then you have to be where you're supposed to be, right on the spot. You don't rehearse all that much on films. If I think of the amount of time I spend on set compared with the time spent shooting, it's ridiculously short.
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I think anything that has to do with sexuality makes people very interested.
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Even if a woman is abused a very long time ago, it comes out in her life in a negative way.
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People don't know very much about me. They do not know what really goes on in my private life.
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When I first see the dailies, I look only at myself, but then you start to see the scene.
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Bjork is a very original, interesting person. I like her very much.
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But being a film actor is very different from, say, a theater actor. You get involved with a character after spending a long time waiting, and this demands a lot of energy and concentration. So I am very involved with the character, but I have to leave it as soon as it's finished. And also, you always have to be at the right level when it's time to shoot, which is not always the best time for the actor. Sometimes, if you're shooting a complicated scene, you have to stay in a position and wait for the technician to do his job, and then you have to be where you're supposed to be, right on the spot. You don't rehearse all that much on films. If I think of the amount of time I spend on set compared with the time spent shooting, it's ridiculously short.
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I wouldn't say no to being in a film with Jude Law. I love English actors.
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Sometimes it's more difficult to do very simple, low-key films.
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It was so beautiful. Such extraordinary colors, classical, and refined and very structured as well. A superb collection.
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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.
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I am frivolous. Then I feel guilty.
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You suffer as an actor. It's difficult to be an actor and live a good life, especially today.
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I have no ambition. I am sure that I should, but... I do films when they are proposed. But I never go and look for them.
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Lesbians and gays... they still have to fight, even inside. It's not that simple, even if they seem to be accepted.
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It has been very erotic and provocative for people to wonder about my feelings for women.