Leslie Caron Quotes
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I hate biographies which say, I was called to such and such an office, and he offered me so and so, and I got so and so money. I find that very tedious. The best biographies are written by other people.
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We were all ruled by the studio system. I signed a contract for seven years.
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What the public expects to encounter in an actress passed 70 is the sum of her experience, not her beauty.
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the finest achievements are those of the pen. ... To me God the Father is a writer.
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I got what I have now through knowing the right time to tell terrible people when to go to hell.
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I had two children. I had a nanny to manage my kids.
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I got as little as a $75 a week when I started.
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The most important thing is to remain active and to love what you are doing.
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Warren Beatty was one hell of a lover - but we fought like stray dogs.
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I think it's the end of progress if you stand still and think of what you've done in the past. I keep on.
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I noticed that when I went to see the rushes or the first showing that there was something quite human in this desperation, and I hadn't planned it.
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I longed to break out of the system and do different roles.
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I toured the Middle Eastern countries with the ballet.
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I went to Kerala in India, to learn Ayurveda, which was fantastic.
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The French? Upper class. Now, this is not all of France, it's just the French upper class, and it's very true. That's the way that they are, yes.
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The American is wholeheartedly for love and romance at any cost.
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There were many good actresses in my time like Jane Powell and Debbie Reynolds, but I was the only dancer.
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When I did small films like Lily and Buenos Vista, everyone thought my career would be ruined.
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Cinema will always have an important role to play in society.
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You have actresses like Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts, who have roles specially written for them.
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James Ivory comes close to the actors for the first rehearsal. He more or less lets you direct yourself and then will only correct you if he finds it incorrect.
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I went to the Tokyo Film Festival in Japan because I love Japanese cinema.
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I know a lot of Americans in Paris who have married Frenchmen. They keep bringing up their experience, the clash of civilizations, the clash of personalities.
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In order to have great happiness you have to have great pain and unhappiness - otherwise how would you know when you're happy?