Cinema is still a very young art form with extraordinary techniques and very impressive special effects but sometimes it seems the soul has been taken out of things.
— Catherine Deneuve
I choose my roles carefully.
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.
I'm lucky; people write scripts for me.
There are relatively few role models for young people. We are in a society that is ruled by men.
All women who kill or have sexual obsessions or who are prostitutes have trouble with their fathers.
Some people fall in love with their co-stars and feel things that they never thought they would feel for them because they are touching.
I have been involved in some films other actresses would not have done.
People don't know very much about me. They do not know what really goes on in my private life.
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 think the clothes in Belle de Jour are very important to the style of the film. Even today, it is still timeless.
Bjork is a very original, interesting person. I like her very much.
You suffer as an actor. It's difficult to be an actor and live a good life, especially today.
I didn't devote my life to acting. I give a lot to my work, but my life has always been more important.
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.
When I first see the dailies, I look only at myself, but then you start to see the scene.
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.
Opportunities are often things you haven't noticed the first time around.
Acting is also working with people who invite you into their dreams and trust you with their innermost being.
Lesbians and gays... they still have to fight, even inside. It's not that simple, even if they seem to be accepted.
Even if there are a lot women in films, there are few who are lesbians, that people know about.
I cannot imagine having a physical relationship with a woman. I have not done that. But I really love women.
Prostitution happens to you because of troubles you had. In reality no woman would choose to do that.
I think anything that has to do with sexuality makes people very interested.
It has been very erotic and provocative for people to wonder about my feelings for women.
I don't enjoy. I suffer from enjoying. It's very Christian.
You can express a lot of things, a lot of action without speaking.
I'm not an admirer of action movies. I just think, Oh my God, it must be so tiring.
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.
I would have liked maybe to be in architecture or painting, something connected to the fine arts.
I can be very critical on myself and on other people; I can be very demanding.
A lot of actors don't like to see how they've done every day.
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 don't see any reason for marriage when there is divorce.
Film is a very young art that is still evolving. Soon, we shall reach a balance between content and technology.
I was never a dangerous woman. I'm not the prissy blonde woman that could take your husband away.
To have a public life, you still have the right to a private life.
Even if a woman is abused a very long time ago, it comes out in her life in a negative way.
Sex is a big question mark. It is something people will talk about forever.
I love vampire stories. That's why I did the movie. Women especially were taken with that movie-even more so when it came out on video.
Marriage is obsolete and a trap.
I am frivolous. Then I feel guilty.
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.
I have no physical courage, I've asked for a double.
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'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.
I love to not work. I like to travel. I work maybe half the year, no more.
The story is more important to me than the part.
Being an actor means being an instrument for someone else. I want to give myself completely.
