As long as you don't make waves, ripples, life seems easy. But that's condemning yourself to impotence and death before you are dead.

Quote by Jeanne Moreau

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To give a character life in a short space of time, it helps if you...

To give a character life in a short space of time, it helps if you...

Some people are addicts. If they don't act, they don't exist.

Some people are addicts. If they don't act, they don't exist.

Age does not protect you from love. But love, to some extent, protects you from...

Age does not protect you from love. But love, to some extent, protects you from...

I gradually work myself into a frenzy as the shoot approaches, while we're choosing the...

I gradually work myself into a frenzy as the shoot approaches, while we're choosing the...

As a matter of principle, I always come to a film like a blank slate,...

As a matter of principle, I always come to a film like a blank slate,...

Sometimes the directors were afraid of what they brought out of me.

Sometimes the directors were afraid of what they brought out of me.

Beyond the beauty, the sex, the titillation, the surface, there is a human being. And...

Beyond the beauty, the sex, the titillation, the surface, there is a human being. And...

When I'm acting, I'm two beings. There's the one monitoring the distance between myself and...

When I'm acting, I'm two beings. There's the one monitoring the distance between myself and...

Something pretty... that's just the surface. People worry so much about aging, but you look...

Something pretty... that's just the surface. People worry so much about aging, but you look...

When you live under the power of terror and segregation, you can't ever start a...

When you live under the power of terror and segregation, you can't ever start a...

I don't like the idea of separating life and work. That notion seems dated and...

I don't like the idea of separating life and work. That notion seems dated and...

My life is very exciting now. Nostalgia for what? It's like climbing a staircase. I'm...

My life is very exciting now. Nostalgia for what? It's like climbing a staircase. I'm...

You don't have to be a wreck. You don't have to be sick. One's aim...

You don't have to be a wreck. You don't have to be sick. One's aim...

I can be intimidating, but not within the confines of a film shoot.

I can be intimidating, but not within the confines of a film shoot.

Knowing how to die is knowing how to live. What is death anyway? It's the...

Knowing how to die is knowing how to live. What is death anyway? It's the...

I'm always amazed when young women who are having babies want their husbands to watch...

I'm always amazed when young women who are having babies want their husbands to watch...

Some children I have met are very beautiful. Some children are imbeciles, vulgar, terrible.

Some children I have met are very beautiful. Some children are imbeciles, vulgar, terrible.

My aim in life is not to judge.

My aim in life is not to judge.

My face has changed with the years and has enough history in it to give...

My face has changed with the years and has enough history in it to give...

If you want to live your life through to the end, you have to live...

If you want to live your life through to the end, you have to live...