Explore Quotes by Catherine Deneuve

I've worked with Andre Techine lately and with a young unknown director on a short film. I choose my roles carefully.

I am frivolous. Then I feel guilty.

I always try to keep that feeling of being on the edge. I'm afraid of knowing too well and seeming mechanical.

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.

Film is a very young art that is still evolving. Soon, we shall reach a balance between content and technology.

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

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

Being a film actor is very different from a theatre actor.

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

A lot of actors don't like to see how they've done every day.

You get involved with a character after spending a long time waiting, and this demands a lot of energy and concentration.

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

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

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'm not an admirer of action movies. I just think, Oh my God, it must be so tiring.

I like being famous when it's convenient for me and completely anonymous when it's not.

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

Being an actor means being an instrument for someone else. I want to give myself completely.

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.

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