Directors have to push me. I have to be pushed up. Not all the time, but often.

Next quotes

• Catherine Deneuve:

  Sometimes it's more difficult to do very simple, low-key films.

• Catherine Deneuve:

  I don't live that much with the character. I find it hard enough having to spend so many hours with

• Catherine Deneuve:

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

• Catherine Deneuve:

  You get involved with a character after spending a long time waiting, and this demands a lot of ene

• Catherine Deneuve:

  I get irritated, nervous, very tense or stressed, but never bored.

• Catherine Deneuve:

  To wait, for an actor, is not like someone who's waiting to see the doctor. It's not the kind of wa

• Catherine Deneuve:

  On Belle de Jour, the producer was very protective. It was very hard for me.

• Catherine Deneuve:

  Truffaut loved actresses, and he was very intense. All the actresses I knew wanted to do a film wit

• Catherine Deneuve:

  Mississippi Mermaid was a very special experience because we only had the dialogues for the scenes

• Catherine Deneuve:

  I wouldn't say no to being in a film with Jude Law. I love English actors.