Catherine Deneuve Quotes - Page 3

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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.

  Catherine Deneuve

  Thinking, People, Criticism

  Interview with Geoff Andrew, www.theguardian.com. September 21, 2005.

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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.

  Catherine Deneuve

  Gay, Fighting, Simple

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• What I do is I come in the morning and get involved in the character, but I'm always very pleased to leave it at night and have my life.

  Catherine Deneuve

  Morning, Character, Night

  Interview with Geoff Andrew, www.theguardian.com. September 21, 2005.

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• I admire Cate Blanchett and Kate Winslet. I like a lot of comedians. I like Cameron Diaz - she's funny and has a very light spirit. That's quite rare nowadays. There are many actresses I admire.

  Catherine Deneuve

  Light, Comedian, Actresses

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

  Catherine Deneuve

  Children, Afterlife, Actors

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• I love to do very long and complicated scenes. I like to have this impression that we are all working together, where you can see all the technicians and everybody is really doing the same thing at the same time. With close-ups, of course you have the crew there, but most of them are just around and it doesn't involve that many people.

  Catherine Deneuve

  Long, People, Working Together

  Interview with Geoff Andrew, www.theguardian.com. September 21, 2005.

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• To have a public life, you still have the right to a private life.

  Catherine Deneuve

  Life, Inspire, Stills

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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.

  Catherine Deneuve

  Giving, Vitality, Degrees

  Interview with Geoff Andrew, www.theguardian.com. September 21, 2005.

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• I think one of the few times I've been involved with real-life characters was the story of Marie Bonaparte. I think it's really difficult to become someone that really existed.

  Catherine Deneuve

  Real, Character, Thinking

  Interview with Geoff Andrew, www.theguardian.com. September 21, 2005.

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• When I first see the dailies, I look only at myself, but then you start to see the scene.

  Catherine Deneuve

  Firsts, Looks, Scene

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

  Catherine Deneuve

  Reality, Trouble, Prostitution

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

  Catherine Deneuve

  Actresses, Film, Intense

  Interview with Geoff Andrew, www.theguardian.com. September 21, 2005.

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• I like working with directors much, because I want to be able to give myself completely to their vision. Otherwise I would only do what I could do, again and again. I want to be taken by someone in a different direction.

  Catherine Deneuve

  Taken, Giving, Vision

  Interview with Geoff Andrew, www.theguardian.com. September 21, 2005.

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

  Catherine Deneuve

  Mean, Giving, Actors

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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.

  Catherine Deneuve

  People, Expectations, Trying

  Interview with Geoff Andrew, www.theguardian.com. September 21, 2005.

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• I'm so popular it's scary sometimes. I suppose I'm just everybody's type.

  Catherine Deneuve

  Scary, Sometimes, Type

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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.

  Catherine Deneuve

  Looks, Way, Actresses

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

  Catherine Deneuve

  Law, Actors, Film

  Interview with Geoff Andrew, www.theguardian.com. September 21, 2005.

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• I was never a dangerous woman. I'm not the prissy blonde woman that could take your husband away.

  Catherine Deneuve

  Husband, Blonde, Your Husband

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

  Catherine Deneuve

  Theatre, Different, Actors

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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.

  Catherine Deneuve

  Restaurants, Queues, My Friends

  Interview with Geoff Andrew, www.theguardian.com. September 21, 2005.

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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.

  Catherine Deneuve

  Silent Films, Play, Watches

  Interview with Geoff Andrew, www.theguardian.com. September 21, 2005.

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• I have been involved in some films other actresses would not have done.

  Catherine Deneuve

  Done, Actresses, Film

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• You suffer as an actor. It's difficult to be an actor and live a good life, especially today.

  Catherine Deneuve

  Good Life, Suffering, Live For Today

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• Film is a very young art that is still evolving. Soon, we shall reach a balance between content and technology.

  Catherine Deneuve

  Art, Technology, Balance

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