“I feel very French, but I speak Italian and English, so I feel very European. But I don’t feel close to English people, for example. It’s not that far away geographically, but I don’t feel close to English people because it’s such a different sensibility, such different characters. We are so different. I feel closer to Spanish or Italian people than to English people. Because of the nature of the Latin character compared to an Anglo-Saxon character. We have different educations… we are very different.”— Catherine Deneuve to The Talks Magazine, answering the question of whether she considers herself first and foremost a French actress or a European actress.

Zig-Zig (1975) the French comedy that got no salvageable reviews and was dubbed chaotic with Catherine Deneuve and Bernadette Lafont as prostitutes, who also sing and dance in a Pigalle nightclub number.

“It is an unusual, poetic film, which is somewhat incomplete. But it is one of those films whose failure is more interesting than some successes. It was a failure. And the audience totally rejected me in this role. I do not regret having done it.” —Catherine Deneuve who also co-produced the film

Catherine Deneuve, aged 55, and her daughter Chiara Mastroianni attending Trophee des Arts Gala Honoring Catherine Deneuve where she received the Trophee des Arts at the Pierre Hotel in New York City, 9th November 1998

“It seems to me that it works quite well, but it’s certainly a bit heavy being my daughter. I will always be there if there really are problems, because parents are always there. With Chiara, we talk a lot about cinema together. It’s fun because people imagine that there is a latent rivalry between us, while my daughter and I are in such a strong and fused relationship. Too much maybe... during the night of the Cesar awards, she called me three times from Los Angeles. No, we are not at all in a competitive relationship and, if it exists, it is at a level of unconsciousness that it is impossible for me to formulate. I really am the mother of my daughter, that’s all.”

Catherine Deneuve during an interview for Paris Match in 1999

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