Author: Yvette Mimieux

Quotes

Stage acting lets you feel the character a little better, but in the movies, you have to keep regenerating your energy level when shooting scenes over and over again.

Stage acting lets you feel the character a little better, but in the movies, you have to keep regenerating your energy level when shooting scenes over and over again.

- Yvette Mimieux

I'd been acting since I was a teenager. I'd come to the point where I was writing my own movies of the week for TV. That was fun.

I'd been acting since I was a teenager. I'd come to the point where I was writing my own movies of the week for TV. That was fun.

- Yvette Mimieux

There's no reason women in their late 30s and 40s shouldn't be thought of sexually.

There's no reason women in their late 30s and 40s shouldn't be thought of sexually.

- Yvette Mimieux

Most parts for women have them reacting to something a man has done. Women never instigate any action; they only react it. We women have become accustomed to doing that.

Most parts for women have them reacting to something a man has done. Women never instigate any action; they only react it. We women have become accustomed to doing that.

- Yvette Mimieux

I love wild, baroque, slightly excessive theatrical ideas, and because television needs so much material, there's a chance to get some of those odd ideas done.

I love wild, baroque, slightly excessive theatrical ideas, and because television needs so much material, there's a chance to get some of those odd ideas done.

- Yvette Mimieux

Like many other tourists, I'm afraid I fell in love with Paris at first sight.

Like many other tourists, I'm afraid I fell in love with Paris at first sight.

- Yvette Mimieux

I decided I didn't want to have a totally public life. When the fan magazines started wanting to take pictures of me making sandwiches for my husband, I said no.

I decided I didn't want to have a totally public life. When the fan magazines started wanting to take pictures of me making sandwiches for my husband, I said no.

- Yvette Mimieux

I've been painting all my life, and I'm serious about it. I use it as more or less an outlet.

I've been painting all my life, and I'm serious about it. I use it as more or less an outlet.

- Yvette Mimieux

Women are good at emotional things. We are emotional people. It is much harder to be cold and unemotional.

Women are good at emotional things. We are emotional people. It is much harder to be cold and unemotional.

- Yvette Mimieux

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