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Catherine Deneuve [1943-0] French

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Actress

Catherine Deneuve is a French actress as well as occasional singer, model and producer. She gained recognition for her portrayal of aloof, mysterious beauties for various directors, including Luis Buñuel and Roman Polanski.

Marriage, Architecture, Art, Courage, Dreams, Famous, Humor, Intelligence, Love, Romantic, Strength, Travel

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Being an actress is a very physical thing. If I didn't look the way I looked, I would never have started in films.		101
People who know me know I'm strong, but I'm vulnerable.		102
I get irritated, nervous, very tense or stressed, but never bored.		103
Cinema is still a very young art form with extraordinary techniques and very impressive special effects but sometimes it seems the soul has been taken out of things.	Art	104
Love is suffering. One side always loves more.	Love	105
I always try to keep that feeling of being on the edge. I'm afraid of knowing too well and seeming mechanical.		106
You can express a lot of things, a lot of action without speaking.		107
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.	Humor, Intelligence	108
I was never a dangerous woman. I'm not the prissy blonde woman that could take your husband away.		109
You get involved with a character after spending a long time waiting, and this demands a lot of energy and concentration.		110
People don't know very much about me. They do not know what really goes on in my private life.		111
In America you need a bodyguard to go out.		112
All women who kill or have sexual obsessions or who are prostitutes have trouble with their fathers.		113
Sometimes it's more difficult to do very simple, low-key films.		114
I don't see any reason for marriage when there is divorce.	Marriage	115
Lesbians and gays... they still have to fight, even inside. It's not that simple, even if they seem to be accepted.		116
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.		117
To wait, for an actor, is not like someone who's waiting to see the doctor. It's not the kind of wait where you get bored.		118
Mississippi Mermaid was a very special experience because we only had the dialogues for the scenes we were shooting the night before.		119
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.		120
I like being famous when it's convenient for me and completely anonymous when it's not.	Famous	121
People expect a lot more from someone they think looks interesting. It's a burden.		122
I love to not work. I like to travel. I work maybe half the year, no more.	Travel	123
You suffer as an actor. It's difficult to be an actor and live a good life, especially today.		124
I like all these little animals that run and eat and hide all the time. I like their faces, They seem to be scared and curious at the same time.		125
I had mice that I kept as pets when I was very young, and I've always liked the way they look. Even rats. I'm not scared of them.		126
I'm not an admirer of action movies. I just think, Oh my God, it must be so tiring.		201
I am frivolous. Then I feel guilty.		202
Marriage is obsolete and a trap.	Marriage	203
There are relatively few role models for young people. We are in a society that is ruled by men.		204
Opportunities are often things you haven't noticed the first time around.		205
Directors have to push me. I have to be pushed up. Not all the time, but often.		206
Truffaut loved actresses, and he was very intense. All the actresses I knew wanted to do a film with him.		207
I love to do very long and complicated scenes.		208
That's what I like about film-it can be bizarre, classic, normal, romantic. Cinema is to me the most versatile thing.	Romantic	209
I live very normally, I go out with my friends, we go to the movies, I queue, we go to restaurants.		210
I have a strong sense of responsibility. I like to be directed, it's true. If I didn't like that, I'd do something else.		211
The story is more important to me than the part.		212
I can be very critical on myself and on other people; I can be very demanding.		213
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.		214
I would have liked maybe to be in architecture or painting, something connected to the fine arts.	Architecture	215
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.		216
I have no physical courage, I've asked for a double.	Courage	217
I think the clothes in Belle de Jour are very important to the style of the film. Even today, it is still timeless.		218
It's always difficult to play a scene of physical violence because you're always afraid that you don't know your own strength and might hurt someone.	Strength	219
I don't enjoy. I suffer from enjoying. It's very Christian.		220
It has been very erotic and provocative for people to wonder about my feelings for women.		221
I love vampire stories. That's why I did the movie. Women especially were taken with that movie-even more so when it came out on video.		222
I think anything that has to do with sexuality makes people very interested.		223
Some people fall in love with their co-stars and feel things that they never thought they would feel for them because they are touching.		224
Sex is a big question mark. It is something people will talk about forever.		225
Prostitution happens to you because of troubles you had. In reality no woman would choose to do that.		226
Even if there are a lot women in films, there are few who are lesbians, that people know about.		301
Acting is also working with people who invite you into their dreams and trust you with their innermost being.	Dreams	302
It's very difficult for me to speak about being an actor.		303
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.		304
Being a film actor is very different from a theatre actor.		305
On Belle de Jour, the producer was very protective. It was very hard for me.		306
I wouldn't say no to being in a film with Jude Law. I love English actors.		307
Actors have to be there and do the work, and that's enough.		308
Polanski was very precise. I think he still is.		309
I'm not always the nicest person to meet, because I forget very easily that I'm an actress when I'm not working.		310
I did important films when I was very young.		311
Being an actor means being an instrument for someone else. I want to give myself completely.		312
A lot of actors don't like to see how they've done every day.		313
When I first see the dailies, I look only at myself, but then you start to see the scene.		314
I didn't devote my life to acting. I give a lot to my work, but my life has always been more important.		315
I never hoped that both my children would become actors. I expected them to do something else.		316
Bjork is a very original, interesting person. I like her very much.		317
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.		318
I have been involved in some films other actresses would not have done.		319
Even if a woman is abused a very long time ago, it comes out in her life in a negative way.		320
I cannot imagine having a physical relationship with a woman. I have not done that. But I really love women.		321
To have a public life, you still have the right to a private life.		322
I'm lucky; people write scripts for me.		323
Film is a very young art that is still evolving. Soon, we shall reach a balance between content and technology.		324
I choose my roles carefully.		325

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