Catherine Deneuve
Actor
1943-10-22
French actor and singer who became one of the defining figures of postwar European cinema. She is known for major roles in films by directors such as Luis Buñuel, Jacques Demy, and François Truffaut. Her screen career has spanned decades across both commercial and art-house productions.
Books by Catherine Deneuve
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Close Up and Personal
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Quotes by Catherine Deneuve
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People who know me know I'm strong, but I'm vulnerable.
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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.
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People who know me know I'm strong, but I'm vulnerable.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I get irritated, nervous, very tense or stressed, but never bored.
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I think the clothes in Belle de Jour are very important to the style of the film. Even today, it is still timeless.
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I'm not an admirer of action movies. I just think, Oh my God, it must be so tiring.
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That's what I like about film-it can be bizarre, classic, normal, romantic. Cinema is to me the most versatile thing.
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Even if a woman is abused a very long time ago, it comes out in her life in a negative way.
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