A biography for Catherine Deneuvehasn’t been written yet.
“That's what I like about film-it can be bizarre, classic, normal, romantic. Cinema is to me the most versatile thing.”
“You get involved with a character after spending a long time waiting, and this demands a lot of energy and concentration.”
“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.”
“To have a public life, you still have the right to a private life.”
“I think the clothes in Belle de Jour are very important to the style of the film. Even today, it is still timeless.”
“I'm not an admirer of action movies. I just think, Oh my God, it must be so tiring.”
“Truffaut loved actresses, and he was very intense. All the actresses I knew wanted to do a film with him.”
“I did important films when I was very young.”
“Love is suffering. One side always loves more.”
“Actors have to be there and do the work, and that's enough.”
“I wouldn't say no to being in a film with Jude Law. I love English actors.”
“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.”
“I like all these little animals that run and eat and hide all the time. I like their faces, They seem to be scared and curious at the same time.”
“Acting is also working with people who invite you into their dreams and trust you with their innermost being.”
“I was never a dangerous woman. I'm not the prissy blonde woman that could take your husband away.”
“Being a film actor is very different from a theatre actor.”
“I live very normally, I go out with my friends, we go to the movies, I queue, we go to restaurants.”
“I love to not work. I like to travel. I work maybe half the year, no more.”
“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.”
“People expect a lot more from someone they think looks interesting. It's a burden.”