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I love acting and I still want to do it, but I've such an instinct for directing, it's something that comes naturally to me. It's why I'm here on this planet.

Julie Delpy

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Julie Delpy
Age: 54
Born: 1969
Born: December 21
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I think it's obsessions that a lot of people share, but they don't dare to talk about openly.
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I didn't really fit with other kids. I had problems in school all my life and problems with authority. But my parents never did drugs or anything. They just believed in freedom in the best sense of the word.
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I think it's nice when everyone's happy. I'm that kind of person. But then sometimes you have people that are never happy, which also happened to me a little bit, people that always find ways to complain about everything. But if they're never happy, that's the way they are.
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It's a typical story: you think of something, it stays in the back of your head for a while, and then you finally do it.
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The condition of being an actress can be unbearable.
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I'm an adaptable nomad. I love Paris, I've been living in Los Angeles and New York since 1990. I love London, too. My roots are inside of me.
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I've proven that I'm not a complete failure. Every film has done well. It's like, So, okay, when do I get my deal at Warner Bros?
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Few years ago, I said something about the Academy being very white male, which is the reality, and I was slashed to pieces by the media.
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You're never totally sure. I shouldn't say that because you have to pretend you're completely self-secure all the time. But, the truth is, I know what I'm doing. I think I know what I'm doing.
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