Quotes By Catherine Deneuve

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

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 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.

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

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

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

I did important films when I was very young.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

The story is more important to me than the part.

Sometimes it's more difficult to do very simple, low-key films.

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

People who know me know I'm strong, but I'm vulnerable.

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

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

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.

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.