Julie Christie Quotes

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Julie Christie

Profession : Actress

Birth : April 14, 1941

I've never quite understood why people marry; marriage is just an invented structure.

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I was born with a need to be the center of attention, and, of course, you're the center of the world when you're acting.

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Happiness is the absence of suffering. I think it's an interesting way of looking at it. I think the absence of suffering exists very rarely in the world we live in.

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I see stardom very clearly as a construct that's been created in order to sell things.

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I remember becoming aware of women's issues and inequality. It became glaringly clear to me when I was living in America that women are regarded as less intelligent than men.

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Men don't want any responsibility, and neither do I.

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Altman works in such an interesting way, letting things occur in the film even if he didn't particularly plan them.

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As I became very defined in my personal politics, I turned down some films that I slightly regret now; I'm not going to say what they were.

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Children can only take so much, and they deal with it however they can.

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Early on, I found the attention completely embarrassing. I'd cringe if I saw my picture on the cover of a magazine.

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I basically put myself into directors' hands and let them tell me what to do, and the more they told me what to do, the more I liked it.

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I did things like Shampoo and Heaven Can Wait. I don't know what those films were about. The women I played in them were not very empowered.

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I don't think I would have been a good mother. Being a parent brings immense responsibility. It's a Herculean task. It would be almost too much for me.

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I regret that I wasn't the kind of person who could enjoy celebrity. It embarrassed me too much.

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I started noticing how stained the pavements are in London. The pavements in Beverly Hills aren't used; in London, they're used for everything. It doesn't matter how much they're cleaned, they still reflect light.

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I think I've got something when I'm onscreen, but that's nothing to do with acting or talent.

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I was utilized because I have a certain face that works well in cinema, and I'm used to making myself look as good as possible.

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I'd never been content in America.

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I'm not in the advertising business, but I think it would be very nice if people went to see the film Hamlet, because it was made with love and integrity.

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It takes me time to realize things; I'm a speedy person but a slow thinker.

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