Love is suffering. One side always loves more.
Catherine Deneuve
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.
Marriage is obsolete and a trap.
That's what I like about film-it can be bizarre, classic, normal, romantic. Cinema is to me the most versatile thing.
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.
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.
Lesbians and gays... they still have to fight, even inside. It's not that simple, even if they seem to be accepted.
I get irritated, nervous, very tense or stressed, but never bored.
Prostitution happens to you because of troubles you had. In reality no woman would choose to do that.
I'm lucky; people write scripts for me.
Polanski was very precise. I think he still is.
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.
Acting is also working with people who invite you into their dreams and trust you with their innermost being.
People expect a lot more from someone they think looks interesting. It's a burden.
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.
It has been very erotic and provocative for people to wonder about my feelings for women.
A lot of actors don't like to see how they've done every day.
When I first see the dailies, I look only at myself, but then you start to see the scene.
I always try to keep that feeling of being on the edge. I'm afraid of knowing too well and seeming mechanical.
People who know me know I'm strong, but I'm vulnerable.
I think anything that has to do with sexuality makes people very interested.
I can be very critical on myself and on other people; I can be very demanding.
I choose my roles carefully.
I have no physical courage, I've asked for a double.
I don't see any reason for marriage when there is divorce.
All women who kill or have sexual obsessions or who are prostitutes have trouble with their fathers.
Even if there are a lot women in films, there are few who are lesbians, that people know about.
You suffer as an actor. It's difficult to be an actor and live a good life, especially today.
Opportunities are often things you haven't noticed the first time around.
You can express a lot of things, a lot of action without speaking.
Sex is a big question mark. It is something people will talk about forever.
Being an actress is a very physical thing. If I didn't look the way I looked, I would never have started in films.
Being an actor means being an instrument for someone else. I want to give myself completely.
I was never a dangerous woman. I'm not the prissy blonde woman that could take your husband away.
The story is more important to me than the part.
People don't know very much about me. They do not know what really goes on in my private life.
I didn't devote my life to acting. I give a lot to my work, but my life has always been more important.
In America you need a bodyguard to go out.
You get involved with a character after spending a long time waiting, and this demands a lot of energy and concentration.
I don't live that much with the character. I find it hard enough having to spend so many hours with the character during the day.
This book was company for me - I wrote these things when I was in hotels, far from where I normally live. I never intended to publish it.
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 go to the movies a lot, and I regret when I see some actor that I used to like, to find them offering no more surprises.
On Belle de Jour, the producer was very protective. It was very hard for me.
It's very difficult for me to speak about being an actor.
Directors have to push me. I have to be pushed up. Not all the time, but often.
Sometimes it's more difficult to do very simple, low-key films.
Being a film actor is very different from a theatre actor.
To wait, for an actor, is not like someone who's waiting to see the doctor. It's not the kind of wait where you get bored.
Truffaut loved actresses, and he was very intense. All the actresses I knew wanted to do a film with him.
