Catherine Deneuve Quotes

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Catherine Deneuve

Profession : Actress

Birth : October 22, 1943

Even if a woman is abused a very long time ago, it comes out in her life in a negative way.

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

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I don't enjoy. I suffer from enjoying. It's very Christian.

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In America you need a bodyguard to go out.

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

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

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

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

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Even if there are a lot women in films, there are few who are lesbians, that people know about.

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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.

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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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I can be very critical on myself and on other people; I can be very demanding.

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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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There are relatively few role models for young people. We are in a society that is ruled by men.

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

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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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I love to do very long and complicated scenes.

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