Catherine Deneuve Quotes

• I wouldn’t say no to being in a film with Jude Law. I love English actors.

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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’m lucky; people write scripts for me.

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• I’m not always the nicest person to meet, because I forget very easily that I’m an actress when I’m not working.

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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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• 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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• In America you need a bodyguard to go out.

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• It has been very erotic and provocative for people to wonder about my feelings for women.

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• 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.

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• It’s very difficult for me to speak about being an actor.

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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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• Love is suffering. One side always loves more.

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• Mississippi Mermaid was a very special experience because we only had the dialogues for the scenes we were shooting the night before.

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• Marriage is obsolete and a trap.

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• On Belle de Jour, the producer was very protective. It was very hard for me.

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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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  Tags in Private, People

• Opportunities are often things you haven’t noticed the first time around.

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• People expect a lot more from someone they think looks interesting. It’s a burden.

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• Polanski was very precise. I think he still is.

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• Prostitution happens to you because of troubles you had. In reality no woman would choose to do that.

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Catherine Deneuve (74)

Birth:	22nd October, 1943
Nationality:	French
Profession:	Actress, Designer, Model, Producer

About

Catherine Deneuve was born in Paris, France. She is a French actress who gained recognition for her portrayal of aloof, mysterious beauties for various directors, including Luis Buñuel and Roman Polanski. She is a 13-time César Award nominee. She has won two César Awards for Best Actress for her performances in François Truffaut's Le Dernier Métro and Régis Wargnier's Indochine. She also received a Best Actress Academy Award nomination for Indochine and a Best Actress BAFTA Award nomination for Belle de Jour. She appeared nude in two Playboy pictorials in 1963 and 1965. Her image was used to represent Marianne, the national symbol of France, from 1985 to 1989. She introduced her own perfume, Deneuve, in 1986. She is also a designer of glasses, shoes, jewelery, and greeting cards.

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