If you get trapped in the idea that what is most important is what image of yourself you're giving to the world, you're on a dangerous path.

Quote by Jeanne Moreau

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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...

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 don't like going where I've already been. Life is a myriad of territories to...

I don't like going where I've already been. Life is a myriad of territories to...

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...

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...

Although for some people cinema means something superficial and glamorous, it is something else. I...

Although for some people cinema means something superficial and glamorous, it is something else. I...

Death is an absolute mystery. We are all vulnerable to it, it's what makes life...

Death is an absolute mystery. We are all vulnerable to it, it's what makes life...

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.

I need, absolutely, to be alone.

I need, absolutely, to be alone.

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...

It's just as idiotic to say there is no life after death as it is...

It's just as idiotic to say there is no life after death as it is...

To give and receive love, you have to be in touch with pain, you have...

To give and receive love, you have to be in touch with pain, you have...

I can't belong to groups. I've tried. I behave normally, but people don't look at...

I can't belong to groups. I've tried. I behave normally, but people don't look at...

Characters who are on screen from start to finish are not necessarily the ones who...

Characters who are on screen from start to finish are not necessarily the ones who...

What is amazing for a woman of my age is that I change as the...

What is amazing for a woman of my age is that I change as the...

I don't feel guilt. Whatever I wish to do, I do.

I don't feel guilt. Whatever I wish to do, I do.

When Tony was madly in love with me, his relationship with Vanessa Redgrave was ending.

When Tony was madly in love with me, his relationship with Vanessa Redgrave was ending.

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...

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.

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

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