Anouk Aimée

“You can only perceive real beauty in a person as they get older.”

“What is a movie star? It is an illusion. It was a wonderful life, but it was not a real life. I know that, and I have always been aware of that.”

“Sexiness is a state of mind, a state of being. You can be sexy in a turtleneck and jeans.”

“It's always better to be an original than a copy.”

“In life, you have to be your own teacher and your own student.”

“Fellini was a magician. He was a circus master, a puppeteer, a psychoanalyst, a director, everything. And he loved women.”

“Some people say that I am a cold person. I am not. I am a shy person.”

“To be a star is to be looked at. To be an actress is to look.”