JULIE CHRISTIE

I think I've got something when I'm onscreen, but that's nothing to do with acting or talent.

I was utilized because I have a certain face that works well in cinema, and I'm used to making myself look as good as possible.

Most of the time I spent in America, I was having a love affair with some American or other. I was just passing through but stayed because of these chaps.

The little things that made up the fabric of the first six years of my life were suddenly ripped away, and I didn't have anyone around me who loved me. Not one single person.

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

I'm not in the advertising business, but I think it would be very nice if people went to see the film Hamlet, because it was made with love and integrity.

I'd never been content in America.

I remember becoming aware of women's issues and inequality. It became glaringly clear to me when I was living in America that women are regarded as less intelligent than men.

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.

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

Living in America, I became aware of many issues and went through a period of politicization.

I regret that I wasn't the kind of person who could enjoy celebrity. It embarrassed me too much.

There were some films I refused because the feminist aspect was a bit wonky.

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

Some people enjoy celebrity. I admire those who do, because if you're going to go through it, you might as well enjoy it.

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.

My family said that I wanted to act even when I was a child living on a tea plantation in the jungle in India.

It takes me time to realize things; I'm a speedy person but a slow thinker.

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.

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

I started noticing how stained the pavements are in London. The pavements in Beverly Hills aren't used; in London, they're used for everything. It doesn't matter how much they're cleaned, they still reflect light.

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.

It's quite hard for me being an actress because I actually don't like attention.

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.

When I came back to Britain, I realized that I was no longer a very young woman. I had to meet my new consciousness, my new age, with roles that reflected it somewhat.