Julie Christie

I was born with a need to be the center of attention, and, of course, you're the center of the world when you're acting. ↗

— Julie Christie

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Altman works in such an interesting way, letting things occur in the film even if he didn't particularly plan them. ↗

— Julie Christie

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As I became very defined in my personal politics, I turned down some films that I slightly regret now; I'm not going to say what they were. ↗

— Julie Christie

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Children can only take so much, and they deal with it however they can. ↗

— Julie Christie

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Early on, I found the attention completely embarrassing. I'd cringe if I saw my picture on the cover of a magazine. ↗

— Julie Christie

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Happiness is the absence of suffering. I think it's an interesting way of looking at it. I think the absence of suffering exists very rarely in the world we live in. ↗

— Julie Christie

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I basically put myself into directors' hands and let them tell me what to do, and the more they told me what to do, the more I liked it. ↗

— Julie Christie

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I did things like Shampoo and Heaven Can Wait. I don't know what those films were about. The women I played in them were not very empowered. ↗

— Julie Christie

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I don't think I would have been a good mother. Being a parent brings immense responsibility. It's a Herculean task. It would be almost too much for me. ↗

— Julie Christie

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I never will have peace of mind. I'm not constructed that way. Some things in life can be horrible. ↗

— Julie Christie

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