Acting is also working with people who invite you into their dreams and trust you with their innermost being.

— Catherine Deneuve

A woman has to be intelligent, have charm, a sense of humor, and be kind. It's the same qualities I require from a man.

— Catherine Deneuve

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

— Catherine Deneuve

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

— 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 not work. I like to travel. Furthermore, I work maybe half the year, no more.

— Catherine Deneuve

I'm not an admirer of action movies. I just think, Oh my God, it must be so tiring.

— Catherine Deneuve

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.

— Catherine Deneuve

I would have liked maybe to be in architecture or painting, something connected to the fine arts.

— Catherine Deneuve

Love is suffering. One side always loves more.

— Catherine Deneuve