Catherine Deneuve Quotes
I think the clothes in Belle de Jour are very important to the style of the film. Even today, it is still timeless.
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.
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.
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.
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.
That's what I like about film-it can be bizarre, classic, normal, romantic. Cinema is to me the most versatile thing.
People have always thought of me as someone who's very classical,when in fact I've led a rather unconventional life.
I live very normally, I go out with my friends, we go to the movies, I queue, we go to restaurants.
If you try to measure the future, you will never risk the present. Playing it safe. A ghastly game.
I cannot imagine having a physical relationship with a woman. I have not done that. But I really love women.
Mississippi Mermaid was a very special experience because we only had the dialogues for the scenes we were shooting the night before.
I know who I am, how I was. I don't want to know how I will be because nobody knows that.
People expect a lot more from someone they think looks interesting. It's a burden.
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.
Acting is also working with people who invite you into their dreams and trust you with their innermost being.
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.
There are relatively few role models for young people. We are in a society that is ruled by men.
Charm and perfection hardly cooperate. Charm premises little mistakes which one would like to cover.
I always try to keep that feeling of being on the edge. I'm afraid of knowing too well and seeming mechanical.
All women who kill or have sexual obsessions or who are prostitutes have trouble with their fathers.
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.
Being an actress is a very physical thing. If I didn't look the way I looked, I would never have started in films.
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.
When you're young, you try to meet that expectation that people have of you. It can be very stressful. But with time it's become less of problem.
I would have liked maybe to be in architecture or painting, something connected to the fine arts.
You suffer as an actor. It's difficult to be an actor and live a good life, especially today.
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.
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.
Being an actor means being an instrument for someone else. I want to give myself completely.
You get involved with a character after spending a long time waiting, and this demands a lot of energy and concentration.
