I did important films when I was very young.
Catherine Deneuve

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

I don't enjoy. I suffer from enjoying. It's very Christian.
Catherine Deneuve

I don't live that much with the character. I find it hard enough having to spend so many hours with the character during the day.
Catherine Deneuve

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

I get irritated, nervous, very tense or stressed, but never bored.
Catherine Deneuve

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

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.
Catherine Deneuve

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.
Catherine Deneuve

I have been involved in some films other actresses would not have done.
Catherine Deneuve

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

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.
Catherine Deneuve

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

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.
Catherine Deneuve

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

I love to do very long and complicated scenes.
Catherine Deneuve

I love to not work. I like to travel. I work maybe half the year, no more.
Catherine Deneuve

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.
Catherine Deneuve

I never hoped that both my children would become actors. I expected them to do something else.
Catherine Deneuve

I think anything that has to do with sexuality makes people very interested.
Catherine Deneuve