People's opinions don't interfere with me

"Beyond the beauty, the sex, the titillation, the surface, there is a human being. And that has to emerge."

"People's opinions don't interfere with me. Ageing gracefully is supposed to mean trying not to hide time passing and just looking a wreck. That's what they call ageing gracefully. You know?"

"To give a character life in a short space of time, it helps if you arrive on screen with a past."

"If you get trapped in the idea that what is most important is what image of yourself you're giving to the world, you're on a dangerous path."

"I don't feel guilt. Whatever I wish to do, I do."

Jeanne Moreau - Ascenseur pour l'échafaud (soundtrack by Miles Davis)

Adieu, Mademoiselle Jeanne Moreau (23rd January 1928 – 31st July 2017)

Not putting up a mask

"Acting deals with very delicate emotions. It is not putting up a mask. Each time an actor acts he does not hide; he exposes himself."

"To go out with the setting sun on an empty beach is to truly embrace your solitude."

"Ageing gracefully is supposed to mean trying not to hide time passing and just looking a wreck. Don't worry girls, look like a wreck, that's the way it goes."

"I don't feel guilt. Whatever I wish to do, I do."

Jeanne Moreau (born 23rd January 1928)