Sometimes, if you're shooting a complicated scene, you have to stay in a position and wait for the technician to do his job, and then you have to be where you're supposed to be, right on the spot. You don't rehearse all that much on films. If I think of the amount of time I spend on set compared with the time spent shooting, it's ridiculously short.
Catherine DeneuveWhat I do is I come in the morning and get involved in the character, but I'm always very pleased to leave it at night and have my life.
Catherine DeneuveI know who I am, how I was. I don't want to know how I will be because nobody knows that.
Catherine DeneuveI admire directors so much, I find them incredible: they manage such a huge number of people of different characters, think of the money involved.
Catherine DeneuveGetting older is not nice for anyone, not for men, not for women, and even more difficult for people who depend on their physical appearance. But it's not a drama. I know some people who are much more stressed than I am. And also, I live in Europe; I think it would be much more difficult if I lived in America.
Catherine Deneuve