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I think there has always been an obsession with youth and beauty. What's missing is the equal obsession with respect for…older people…and their wisdom and knowledge and courage.

Julie Christie

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Julie Christie
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: April 14
Actress
Film Actor
Stage Actor
Voice Actor
Chabua
Assam
India
Julie Frances Christie
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Courage
People
Equal
Respect
Wisdom
Beauty
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It takes me time to realize things I'm a speedy person but a slow thinker.
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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.
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I think I've got something when I'm onscreen, but that's nothing to do with acting or talent
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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.
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There were some films I refused because the feminist aspect was a bit wonky.
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Some people enjoy celebrity. I admire those who do, because if you're going to go through it, you might as well enjoy it.
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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.
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I've never quite understood why people marry marriage is just an invented structure
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I never dreamed I'd like any city as well as London. San Francisco is exciting, moody, exhilarating. I even love the muted fogs.
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I never will have peace of mind. I'm not constructed that way. Some things in life can be horrible.
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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
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I see stardom very clearly as a construct that's been created in order to sell things.
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