Catherine Deneuve Quotes
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This book was company for me - I wrote these things when I was in hotels, far from where I normally live. I never intended to publish it.
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I don't see any reason for marriage when there is divorce.
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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'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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I don't live that much with the character. I find it hard enough having to spend so many hours with the character during the day.
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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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It has been very erotic and provocative for people to wonder about my feelings for women.
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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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You can tell how nervous I am by how fast I am talking!
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I'm lucky to still have my mother who is at a very advanced age, which is pretty incredible.
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The only human being I could tell everything was my sister Françoise. She and I were so diametrically different; put together we would have been a fantastic woman.
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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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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 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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To work is a noble art.
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I don't have a greatest achievement. It's something said by other people or journalists when they give you an award, or after some time you've been in the industry.
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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 think one of the few times I've been involved with real-life characters was the story of Marie Bonaparte. I think it's really difficult to become someone that really existed.
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Follow your instinct. That's my message.
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Truffaut loved actresses, and he was very intense. All the actresses I knew wanted to do a film with him.
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I go to the movies a lot, and I regret when I see some actor that I used to like, to find them offering no more surprises.
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A woman has to be intelligent, have charm, a sense of humor, and be kind. It's the same qualities I require from a man.
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Men are good but women are magic.
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Why should I go to the States to do a film I wouldn't consider in Europe, just because it's English-speaking?