Author: Julie Christie

Quotes

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.

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.

- Julie Christie

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.

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.

- Julie Christie

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.

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

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.

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

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 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.

- Julie Christie

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.

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

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 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

I've never quite understood why people marry; marriage is just an invented structure.

I've never quite understood why people marry; marriage is just an invented structure.

- Julie Christie

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

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

- Julie Christie

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