Leslie Caron Quotes

In order to have great happiness you have to have great pain and unhappiness - otherwise how would you know when you're happy?
Leslie Caron

Happiness, Great, Happy

I hate biographies which say, I was called to such and such an office, and he offered me so and so, and I got so and so money. I find that very tedious. The best biographies are written by other people.
Leslie Caron

Money, Best, Hate

I think it's the end of progress if you stand still and think of what you've done in the past. I keep on.
Leslie Caron

End, Past, Done

Cinema will always have an important role to play in society.
Leslie Caron

Society, Important, Play

Fred Astaire was a more formal, trained dancer who loved waltzing and only danced with the girls.
Leslie Caron

Loved, Dancer, Formal

I got as little as a $75 a week when I started.
Leslie Caron

I had two children. I had a nanny to manage my kids.
Leslie Caron

Children, Two, Kids

I know a lot of Americans in Paris who have married Frenchmen. They keep bringing up their experience, the clash of civilizations, the clash of personalities.
Leslie Caron

Experience, Keep, Married

I longed to break out of the system and do different roles.
Leslie Caron

Different, System, Break

I regret not doing a film that I was offered with Clark Gable because the script was not good enough.
Leslie Caron

Good, Regret, Enough

I seemed to belong to three countries: I had an apartment in Paris, a house in Hollywood, and when I married British theater director Peter Hall, I moved to London.
Leslie Caron

Married, Three, House

I toured the Middle Eastern countries with the ballet.
Leslie Caron

Countries, Middle, Ballet

I was trying to be very at ease in this arrogant person, and very worldly, but something human came into the part. I hate to say that. I wanted to be totally worldly.
Leslie Caron

Hate, Human, Person

I went to Kerala in India, to learn Ayurveda, which was fantastic.
Leslie Caron

Learn, India, Fantastic

I went to the Tokyo Film Festival in Japan because I love Japanese cinema.
Leslie Caron

Love, Film, Cinema

It's the first film that I made where the director was not present under the camera, and it threw me.
Leslie Caron

Made, Film, Present

It's very difficult to marry into another civilization.
Leslie Caron

Another, Difficult, Marry

James Ivory comes close to the actors for the first rehearsal. He more or less lets you direct yourself and then will only correct you if he finds it incorrect.
Leslie Caron

Yourself, Less, Close

No matter what you do, your person comes through. You can't completely change yourself on the screen. I had in mind someone colder and more in control, but I couldn't do it. This human note just crept in and maybe it's better.
Leslie Caron

Change, Yourself, Mind

The American is wholeheartedly for love and romance at any cost.
Leslie Caron

Romantic, Love, American

The most important thing is to remain active and to love what you are doing.
Leslie Caron

Love, Important, Remain

The studio system collapsed only when Elizabeth Taylor charged $1 million for Cleopatra.
Leslie Caron

System, Million, Studio

There were many good actresses in my time like Jane Powell and Debbie Reynolds, but I was the only dancer.
Leslie Caron

Time, Good, Dancer

We were all ruled by the studio system. I signed a contract for seven years.
Leslie Caron

System, Seven, Studio

When I did small films like Lily and Buenos Vista, everyone thought my career would be ruined.
Leslie Caron

Career, Thought, Small

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Nationality: French

Born: July 1, 1931

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