Catherine Deneuve Quotes
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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 don't see any reason for marriage when there is divorce.
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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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People don't know very much about me. They do not know what really goes on in my private life.
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I know who I am, how I was. I don't want to know how I will be because nobody knows that.
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You should put scent where you like to be kissed.
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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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I like men who have a light spirit. It's okay to be serious about your work but in everyday life it's difficult to find men who are very alive and positive. In life I like people who are cheerful.
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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.
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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 felt very proud to be chosen. I really did collaborate on the product, colors, the style of the powder cases.
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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.
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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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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.
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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.
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You get involved with a character after spending a long time waiting, and this demands a lot of energy and concentration.
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The paparazzi are nothing but dogs of war.
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Follow your instinct. That's my message.
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If you try to measure the future, you will never risk the present. Playing it safe. A ghastly game.
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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.
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A star remains pinned on a wall in the public imagination.
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I think the clothes in Belle de Jour are very important to the style of the film. Even today, it is still timeless.
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Truffaut loved actresses, and he was very intense. All the actresses I knew wanted to do a film with him.