Quotes By Catherine Deneuve

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

Being an actor means being an instrument for someone else. I want to give myself completely.

I love to do very long and complicated scenes.

Directors have to push me. I have to be pushed up. Not all the time, but often.

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.

I love to not work. I like to travel. I work maybe half the year, no more.

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.

I don't see any reason for marriage when there is divorce.

In America you need a bodyguard to go out.

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.

I did important films when I was very young.

Lesbians and gays... they still have to fight, even inside. It's not that simple, even if they seem to be accepted.

I never hoped that both my children would become actors. I expected them to do something else.

You can express a lot of things, a lot of action without speaking.

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.

All women who kill or have sexual obsessions or who are prostitutes have trouble with their fathers.

I'm not an admirer of action movies. I just think, Oh my God, it must be so tiring.

I have no physical courage, I've asked for a double.

I like being famous when it's convenient for me and completely anonymous when it's not.

Being a film actor is very different from a theatre actor.

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.

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

I think anything that has to do with sexuality makes people very interested.

Truffaut loved actresses, and he was very intense. All the actresses I knew wanted to do a film with him.

People don't know very much about me. They do not know what really goes on in my private life.

I always try to keep that feeling of being on the edge. I'm afraid of knowing too well and seeming mechanical.

Acting is also working with people who invite you into their dreams and trust you with their innermost being.

I think the clothes in Belle de Jour are very important to the style of the film. Even today, it is still timeless.

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.