I 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. – Julie Delpy
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
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
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. – Julie Delpy
I 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. – Julie Delpy
When you’re an actress, you become this thing in people’s hands that people are trying to manipulate. I cannot stand it. – Julie Delpy
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
I 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. – Julie Delpy
I’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. – Julie Delpy
I 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. – Julie Delpy
