Catherine Deneuve

“It's very difficult for me to speak about being an actor.”

“When I first see the dailies, I look only at myself, but then you start to see the scene.”

“It has been very erotic and provocative for people to wonder about my feelings for women.”

“Some people fall in love with their co-stars and feel things that they never thought they would feel for them because they are touching.”

“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.”

“I have been involved in some films other actresses would not have done.”

“Being an actress is a very physical thing. If I didn't look the way I looked, I would never have started in films.”

“I choose my roles carefully.”

“I love vampire stories. That's why I did the movie. Women especially were taken with that movie-even more so when it came out on video.”

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

“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.”

“People don't know very much about me. They do not know what really goes on in my private life.”

“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.”

“I'm lucky; people write scripts for me.”

“I don't see any reason for marriage when there is divorce.”

“I didn't devote my life to acting. I give a lot to my work, but my life has always been more important.”

“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.”

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

“I love to do very long and complicated scenes.”

“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.”