Tributes of Catherine Deneuve

She pleased the men and the women wanted to protect her. She had the art of the thoughtlessness while being incredibly grave. And intelligent.

Catherine Deneuve, quote in Jours de France 1988

There is a love of the person which is irrational almost, and I am not the only one, I believe that there is all the same for Marilyn something very irrational for the women today, a love which corresponds in... I believe that it is the very feminine image which does not mark,curiously, I find, her time. It has something very soft there, of particularly moving. She evokes at the same moment the femininity and the childhood, and I believe that many women become identified much more with women who have no mature sight, and this has nothing to do with the age, it is a question of glance, smile, and of... Even at the most terrible moments of the life, there is always a moment when we find this glance and this extraordinary smile which she had.

Catherine Deneuve, extract of film "Norma Jeane dite Marilyn Monroe"

I do not absolutely become identified. For me, her fate does not recover from the dizziness but from the despair. I have a great deal of admiration for the actress at first. For the woman then. I did not know her but when we look at her, we are struck by the child whom there is in her, whom we want to embrace, on the nape of the neck of which we want to put the hand... There is this grace, this fragility, this quality of the skin...

Catherine Deneuve, Studio Magazine 1988

Marilyn, here is an actress whose photos are completely abandoned. In all the photos which she made and among whom most are deeply moving, she testifies of such a generosity... A generosity of her person, its body, the face... En même temps, pour moi, c'est lié aussi à cette espèce de désespoir que l'on peut sentir après, chez elle... At the same time, for me, it is also connected to this sort of despair which we can feel later, to her... That is she so gave itself that she did not belong any more, that she did not know even any more whom it was... In her last photos, she has the very veiled glance, you know, these glances turned to themselves, inward. It is heart-rending...

Catherine Deneuve, Studio Magazine 1990

She has this coquetry of very sensitive people to laugh always when she announces things or a little bit unfortunate, or which fall a little.

Catherine Deneuve, extract of film "Norma Jeane dite Marilyn Monroe"

As often moreover, with a physical appearance so extraordinary for a woman so attractive as her, to prove that we are a good actress is a purpose in actress's life, it's true.

Catherine Deneuve, extract of "Norma Jeane dite Marilyn Monroe"

Marilyn had remained a girl. We return always to this feeling there to have been more than not loved …