Jeanne Moreau Quotations

It's a fantastic thing to take the risk of getting so close to your desire, expressing your obsession so absolutely.

Death is an absolute mystery. We are all vulnerable to it, it's what makes life interesting and suspenseful.

All fiction becomes autobiographical when the author has true talent.

I don't like the idea of separating life and work. That notion seems dated and a bit alien to me.

I know there were things emanating from me. I was not aware of what attracted all these directors to me.

I am subject to very powerful lows. When you have highs, you have terrible lows. When you pinpoint that you are responsible for everything that happens to you, it is very frightening.

Characters who are on screen from start to finish are not necessarily the ones who have the greatest impact.

As a matter of principle, I always come to a film like a blank slate, I don't learn my lines in advance. With this approach, I feel clean.

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.

It's like climbing a staircase. I'm on the top of the staircase, I look behind me and I see the steps. That's where I was.