28 Quotes By Catherine Deneuve


I would have liked maybe to be in architecture or painting, something connected to the fine arts.
Catherine Deneuve on architecture

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 on art

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

I have no physical courage, I've asked for a double.
Catherine Deneuve on courage

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

Mississippi Mermaid was a very special experience because we only had the dialogues for the scenes we were shooting the night before.
Catherine Deneuve on experience

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

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.
Catherine Deneuve on humor

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.
Catherine Deneuve on intelligence

Love is suffering. One side always loves more.
Catherine Deneuve on love

I don't see any reason for marriage when there is divorce.
Catherine Deneuve on marriage

Marriage is obsolete and a trap.
Catherine Deneuve on marriage

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.
Catherine Deneuve on money

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

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.
Catherine Deneuve on movies

I live very normally, I go out with my friends, we go to the movies, I queue, we go to restaurants.
Catherine Deneuve on movies

I cannot imagine having a physical relationship with a woman. I have not done that. But I really love women.
Catherine Deneuve on relationship

That's what I like about film-it can be bizarre, classic, normal, romantic. Cinema is to me the most versatile thing.
Catherine Deneuve on romantic

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

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.
Catherine Deneuve on strength