Catherine Deneuve Quotes
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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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I am frivolous. Then I feel guilty.
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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.
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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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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 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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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 don't see any reason for marriage when there is divorce.
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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 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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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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The paparazzi are nothing but dogs of war.
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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 felt very proud to be chosen. I really did collaborate on the product, colors, the style of the powder cases.
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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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A star remains pinned on a wall in the public imagination.
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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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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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Follow your instinct. That's my message.
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You can express a lot of things, a lot of action without speaking.
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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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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.