Julie Christie's Quotes

I started noticing how stained the pavements are in London. The pavements in Beverly Hills aren't used; in London, they're used for everything. It doesn't matter how much they're cleaned, they still reflect light.

I'm not in the advertising business, but I think it would be very nice if people went to see the film Hamlet, because it was made with love and integrity.

Most of the time I spent in America, I was having a love affair with some American or other. I was just passing through but stayed because of these chaps.

The little things that made up the fabric of the first six years of my life were suddenly ripped away, and I didn't have anyone around me who loved me. Not one single person.

When I came back to Britain, I realized that I was no longer a very young woman. I had to meet my new consciousness, my new age, with roles that reflected it somewhat.

Men don't want any responsibility, and neither do I.

I'd never been content in America.

I never will have peace of mind. I'm not constructed that way. Some things in life can be horrible.

Happiness is the absence of suffering. I think it's an interesting way of looking at it. I think the absence of suffering exists very rarely in the world we live in.

I think I've got something when I'm onscreen, but that's nothing to do with acting or talent.

I was born with a need to be the center of attention, and, of course, you're the center of the world when you're acting.

Altman works in such an interesting way, letting things occur in the film even if he didn't particularly plan them.

As I became very defined in my personal politics, I turned down some films that I slightly regret now; I'm not going to say what they were.

Children can only take so much, and they deal with it however they can.

Early on, I found the attention completely embarrassing. I'd cringe if I saw my picture on the cover of a magazine.

I basically put myself into directors' hands and let them tell me what to do, and the more they told me what to do, the more I liked it.

I did things like Shampoo and Heaven Can Wait. I don't know what those films were about. The women I played in them were not very empowered.

I regret that I wasn't the kind of person who could enjoy celebrity. It embarrassed me too much.

I see stardom very clearly as a construct that's been created in order to sell things.

I was utilized because I have a certain face that works well in cinema, and I'm used to making myself look as good as possible.