People who know me know I'm strong, but I'm vulnerable.
Catherine Deneuve

Polanski was very precise. I think he still is.
Catherine Deneuve

Prostitution happens to you because of troubles you had. In reality no woman would choose to do that.
Catherine Deneuve

Sex is a big question mark. It is something people will talk about forever.
Catherine Deneuve

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.
Catherine Deneuve

Sometimes it's more difficult to do very simple, low-key films.
Catherine Deneuve

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

The story is more important to me than the part.
Catherine Deneuve

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

This book was company for me - I wrote these things when I was in hotels, far from where I normally live. I never intended to publish it.
Catherine Deneuve

To have a public life, you still have the right to a private life.
Catherine Deneuve

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.
Catherine Deneuve

Truffaut loved actresses, and he was very intense. All the actresses I knew wanted to do a film with him.
Catherine Deneuve

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

You can express a lot of things, a lot of action without speaking.
Catherine Deneuve

You get involved with a character after spending a long time waiting, and this demands a lot of energy and concentration.
Catherine Deneuve

You suffer as an actor. It's difficult to be an actor and live a good life, especially today.
Catherine Deneuve