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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.
Catherine Deneuve -
The paparazzi are nothing but dogs of war.
Catherine Deneuve
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You can express a lot of things, a lot of action without speaking.
Catherine Deneuve -
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.
Catherine Deneuve -
I know that if I didn't look the way I looked, I would never have started in films. That, I remember, and I know I have to accept it.
Catherine Deneuve -
My relationships have never really lasted very long. I suppose there is something within me that is not right for that way of life.
Catherine Deneuve -
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.
Catherine Deneuve -
I'm lucky to still have my mother who is at a very advanced age, which is pretty incredible.
Catherine Deneuve
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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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You suffer as an actor. It's difficult to be an actor and live a good life, especially today.
Catherine Deneuve -
Follow your instinct. That's my message.
Catherine Deneuve -
I didn't devote my life to acting. I give a lot to my work, but my life has always been more important.
Catherine Deneuve -
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.
Catherine Deneuve -
This is a magic place. It's one of my favorite buildings in Paris.
Catherine Deneuve
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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.
Catherine Deneuve -
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.
Catherine Deneuve -
I know who I am, how I was. I don't want to know how I will be because nobody knows that.
Catherine Deneuve -
If you try to measure the future, you will never risk the present. Playing it safe. A ghastly game.
Catherine Deneuve -
Why should I go to the States to do a film I wouldn't consider in Europe, just because it's English-speaking?
Catherine Deneuve -
What I do is I come in the morning and get involved in the character, but I'm always very pleased to leave it at night and have my life.
Catherine Deneuve
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All women who kill or have sexual obsessions or who are prostitutes have trouble with their fathers.
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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.
Catherine Deneuve -
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.
Catherine Deneuve -
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.
Catherine Deneuve