I'm quite neurotic, usually. But when it comes to work, I become extremely focused. Julie Delpy More Quotes by Julie Delpy More Quotes From Julie Delpy We didn’t want to disrupt the creative process. We have the chance to make the films we want because the films are not expensive. It’s very rare to be able to do that. It’s completely pure. Julie Delpy ablecreativewant I can't really explain the feeling of acting. It makes you the most insecure you can possibly be. Julie Delpy insecureactingfeelings Maybe I'm a bit of a psycho-but I'd rather be psycho than boring. Julie Delpy mental-illnesspsychodepression Very quickly I realized that directing is a combination of things: It's visual, it's directing the actors, it's telling a story. And people don't always mention this part of directing, but it's also knowing how to really edit something into something that makes sense. Julie Delpy knowingstoriespeople Isn't everything we do in life a way to be loved a little more? Julie Delpy sunriselittlesway I think it's nice when everyone's happy. I'm that kind of person. But then sometimes you have people that are never happy, which also happened to me a little bit, people that always find ways to complain about everything. But if they're never happy, that's the way they are. Julie Delpy nicepeoplethinking I was having this awful nightmare that I was 32. And then I woke up and I was 23. So relieved. And then I woke up for real, and I was 32. Julie Delpy nightmareawfulreal I don't know any woman in France who doesn't talk to firemen and smile at them, because they're always so sweet, and they're wearing those tight pants. Even my dad looks at their ass when they walk down the street! Julie Delpy tight-pantsdadsweet It's definitely easier for a woman to do a romantic comedy than a war movie. It's assumed a woman doesn't have a sense of what action is. Julie Delpy comedyactionwar It's terrifying. Women make their first film, their second film, and then it's like a nightmare, right, to make the third or fourth? I mean, it's almost like men can have three films in a row that don't do that well and keep on going. Julie Delpy threemenmean Men go out with me, we break up and then they get married. And later they call me to thank me for teaching them what love is. That I tought them to care and respect women. (...) I wanna kill them! Why didn't they ask me to marry them? I would've said no, but at least they could have asked. Julie Delpy teachinglove-ismen I 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. Julie Delpy warriordramapeople I'm not going to pursue it the way that actors pursue it which means going to all of the auditions and getting a job and all that stuff, because I don't really need to get a job because I have a job as a writer/director. That's how I make my living mostly now. So I don't need to make a living as an actress. Julie Delpy jobsmeandirectors In your thirties, you're much more comfortable with sex. First of all, sex is something you've done more. You know you can have sex just to have sex; you can have sex with friends; you can have sex with people you love; you can have sex with people you don't like, but the sex is good. And you can joke about sex much more. Julie Delpy love-yousexpeople If Woody Allen called me, I'd be there straight away. Who wouldn't? Truly. Julie Delpy woodyifs I went to film school to make films just because you're in control of the story. Julie Delpy filmstoriesschool The way I work is that I never let people do an assembly. I don't like it because it shapes the film in a way that I can't really control. To me, editing is making the film and it's a huge process and editors are under-rated. Julie Delpy editorseditingpeople I 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. Julie Delpy humilitylittlespeople I 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. Julie Delpy bornartistkids I hate that whole Tarantino thing about beating up women and killing them and chopping up. Just because you have the mind of a 12 year old. Julie Delpy hatemindyears
