146 Quotes by Jeanne Moreau

One thing you have to give up is attaching importance to what people see in you.

I don't think success is harmful, as so many people say. Rather, I believe it indispensable to talent, if for nothing else than to increase the talent.

I gradually work myself into a frenzy as the shoot approaches, while we're choosing the costumes or working with the make-up artist. I'm not so much interested in my character as the film itself.

What is amazing for a woman of my age is that I change as the world is changing-and changing very, very fast. I don't think my mother had that opportunity to change.

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

You should not separate your life from what you do.

Being an actress is to be in tune with the fantasies of a man. What woman never dreamt of that?

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

If you're extremely, painfully frightened of age, it shows.