Catherine Deneuve Quotes
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I love to not work. I like to travel. I work maybe half the year, no more.
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I don't enjoy. I suffer from enjoying. It's very Christian.
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I think anything that has to do with sexuality makes people very interested.
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Men are good but women are magic.
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I was never a dangerous woman. I'm not the prissy blonde woman that could take your husband away.
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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.
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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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Sometimes, just to give the impression that you have the strength and the vitality demands a lot. You can't always give that impression when you have heels and a wig on and it's 40 degrees outside.
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I'm afraid of being too sure, to just deliver. I think that's the biggest danger for actors - after a certain time, when you're known and recognised, people expect you to do what you're supposed to do, and there's almost no more criticism and that's very dangerous.
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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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At a certain age, you have to choose between your face and your ass.
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I cannot imagine having a physical relationship with a woman. I have not done that. But I really love women.
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I have been involved in some films other actresses would not have done.
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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.
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I'm not an admirer of action movies. I just think, Oh my God, it must be so tiring.
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Charm and perfection hardly cooperate. Charm premises little mistakes which one would like to cover.
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You can tell how nervous I am by how fast I am talking!
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It's very difficult for me to speak about being an actor.
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People expect a lot more from someone they think looks interesting. It's a burden.
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Most of the time I've worked with directors who write their own scripts. The story is more important to me than the part. The project of the film has always been more important to me.
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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.
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I'm so popular it's scary sometimes. I suppose I'm just everybody's type.
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It was mostly an aura about him (Gene Kelly). For me he was Hollywood. The way I'd imagined it as a child.
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I am frivolous. But sometimes, that's the problem of my Christian education, when I know I've been frivolous, and I know I have to do it, then I feel guilty.
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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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I have no physical courage, I've asked for a double.
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I live very normally, I go out with my friends, we go to the movies, I queue, we go to restaurants.
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Film is a very young art that is still evolving. Soon, we shall reach a balance between content and technology.
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I love to do very long and complicated scenes.
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People who know me know I'm strong, but I'm vulnerable.
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