Catherine Deneuve

I can be very critical on myself and on other people; I can be very demanding. ”

It has been very erotic and provocative for people to wonder about my feelings for women. ”

It's always difficult to play a scene of physical violence because you're always afraid that you don't know your own strength and might hurt someone. ”

All women who kill or have sexual obsessions or who are prostitutes have trouble with their fathers. ”

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

I admire directors so much, I find them incredible: they manage such a huge number of people of different characters, think of the money involved. ”

Being a film actor is very different from a theatre actor. ”

I always try to keep that feeling of being on the edge. I'm afraid of knowing too well and seeming mechanical. ”

I was never a dangerous woman. I'm not the prissy blonde woman that could take your husband away. ”

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