Julie Christie Quotes

Men don't want any responsibility, and neither do I.
Julie Christie

I'd never been content in America.
Julie Christie

America, Content

I never will have peace of mind. I'm not constructed that way. Some things in life can be horrible.
Julie Christie

Life, Peace, Mind

Happiness is the absence of suffering. I think it's an interesting way of looking at it. I think the absence of suffering exists very rarely in the world we live in.
Julie Christie

Happiness, Live, Suffering

I think I've got something when I'm onscreen, but that's nothing to do with acting or talent.
Julie Christie

Nothing, Acting, Talent

I was born with a need to be the center of attention, and, of course, you're the center of the world when you're acting.
Julie Christie

Acting, Attention, Born

Altman works in such an interesting way, letting things occur in the film even if he didn't particularly plan them.
Julie Christie

Film, Plan, Works

As I became very defined in my personal politics, I turned down some films that I slightly regret now; I'm not going to say what they were.
Julie Christie

Politics, Down, Regret

Children can only take so much, and they deal with it however they can.
Julie Christie

Children, Deal, However

Early on, I found the attention completely embarrassing. I'd cringe if I saw my picture on the cover of a magazine.
Julie Christie

Attention, Picture, Found

I basically put myself into directors' hands and let them tell me what to do, and the more they told me what to do, the more I liked it.
Julie Christie

Put, Tell, Hands

I did things like Shampoo and Heaven Can Wait. I don't know what those films were about. The women I played in them were not very empowered.
Julie Christie

Women, Wait, Heaven

I regret that I wasn't the kind of person who could enjoy celebrity. It embarrassed me too much.
Julie Christie

Person, Enjoy, Regret

I see stardom very clearly as a construct that's been created in order to sell things.
Julie Christie

Order, Sell, Clearly

I was utilized because I have a certain face that works well in cinema, and I'm used to making myself look as good as possible.
Julie Christie

Good, Used, Making

I've never quite understood why people marry; marriage is just an invented structure.
Julie Christie

Marriage, Why, Quite

It takes me time to realize things; I'm a speedy person but a slow thinker.
Julie Christie

Time, Person, Realize

It's quite hard for me being an actress because I actually don't like attention.
Julie Christie

Hard, Attention, Actually

Living in America, I became aware of many issues and went through a period of politicization.
Julie Christie

Through, America, Living

My family said that I wanted to act even when I was a child living on a tea plantation in the jungle in India.
Julie Christie

Family, Living, Said

Some people enjoy celebrity. I admire those who do, because if you're going to go through it, you might as well enjoy it.
Julie Christie

Through, Enjoy, Might

The status quo and the media is doing everything it can to fry children's brains and make them grow up maladjusted.
Julie Christie

Children, Grow, Media

There were some films I refused because the feminist aspect was a bit wonky.
Julie Christie

Bit, Films, Feminist

I don't think I would have been a good mother. Being a parent brings immense responsibility. It's a Herculean task. It would be almost too much for me.
Julie Christie

Good, Mother, Almost

I remember becoming aware of women's issues and inequality. It became glaringly clear to me when I was living in America that women are regarded as less intelligent than men.
Julie Christie

Women, Men, Remember

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Nationality: British

Born: April 14, 1941

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