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

Quote by Jeanne Moreau

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All fiction becomes autobiographical when the author has true talent.

All fiction becomes autobiographical when the author has true talent.

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...

As long as you don't make waves, ripples, life seems easy. But that's condemning yourself...

As long as you don't make waves, ripples, life seems easy. But that's condemning yourself...

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...

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...

My aim in life is not to judge.

My aim in life is not to judge.

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...

Aging gracefully is supposed to mean trying not to hide time passing and just looking...

Aging gracefully is supposed to mean trying not to hide time passing and just looking...

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...

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

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

People's opinions don't interfere with me.

People's opinions don't interfere with me.

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.

It's dangerous to assert oneself.

It's dangerous to assert oneself.

If you get trapped in the idea that what is most important is what image...

If you get trapped in the idea that what is most important is what image...

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...

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...

I think more and more people want to live alone. You can be a couple...

I think more and more people want to live alone. You can be a couple...

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...

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...

I need, absolutely, to be alone.

I need, absolutely, to be alone.