Julie Delpy's Quotes
Born: 1969-12-21
Profession: Actress
Nation: French
Biography of Julie Delpy
Too many women throw themselves into romance because they're afraid of being single, then start making compromises and losing their identity. I won't do that.
Tags: Romantic, Single, WomenI was six years old when I saw my first Godard movie, eight when I first experienced Bergman. I wanted to be a director when I was fourteen.
Tags: Movie, Old, WantedI went to film school to make films just because you're in control of the story.
Tags: Control, Film, SchoolI'm an adaptable nomad. I love Paris, I've been living in Los Angeles and New York since 1990. I love London, too. My roots are inside of me.
Tags: Living, Love, SinceIf Woody Allen called me, I'd be there straight away. Who wouldn't? Truly.
Tags: Away, Straight, TrulyThe condition of being an actress can be unbearable.
Tags: Actress, Condition, UnbearableWhen you're an actress, you become this thing in people's hands that people are trying to manipulate. I cannot stand it.
Tags: Become, Cannot, TryingI don't want to go to the Bahamas on holiday. I hate islands. I want to go to Brittany, where it's cold and raining, and there's nothing fancy about it.
Tags: Cold, Hate, HolidayI had to trick people into giving me money for my first film. Making a romantic comedy is easier and more expected from a woman than it is to make a drama about a Japanese warrior.
Tags: Money, Romantic, WomanI love acting and I still want to do it, but I've such an instinct for directing, it's something that comes naturally to me. It's why I'm here on this planet.
Tags: Acting, Love, WhyI love the acting process. What I don't like is what's around it. The auditions and being rejected every other day. The look thing. That you have to lose weight, that you have to do Botox.
Tags: Acting, Lose, LoveI make these little films. I'm just a working person. I just study people a little bit more. It's more sociological, and it's funny anyway - not that serious. It's not like false humility. I just take it for what it is.
Tags: Funny, Humility, WorkingI wasn't born an artist. I was really good in science as a kid. I probably shouldn't have been an artist because I'm much more interested in science. But I was raised by artists. I can't really escape it.
Tags: Artist, Good, Science