Julie Delpy Quotes, Thoughts and images

Too many women throw themselves into romance because they're afraid of being single, then start making compromises and losing their identity. I won't do that.

I think I do find humor in disorder, and reality is disorder.

My therapist in Paris once told me that being creative is a better form of therapy for me than sitting on his couch.

Maybe I'm a bit of a psycho-but I'd rather be psycho than boring.

People have their faults, but it doesn't prevent you from loving them.

You can never replace anyone because everyone is made up of such beautiful specific details.

I think some people, when they get a certain ego, they lose sense of whatever.

Maybe every family is dysfunctional, and that's the only thing in common throughout the world.

I love making movies. I love writing. I love acting. I love it, and I feel really blessed to be able to actually make a living with something I love doing.

The camera can move, you can make the shots, blah blah blah, but as long as the actors are good, you have something.

I learned directing by editing because I saw all the mistakes I had made.

I'm a very independent person, I love being alone, writing and doing music and stuff.

To make what you have in your head, I think that's what directing is.

The truth is I don't see a lot of movies. I see the Oscar films. I see the films that are sent to me and a few films throughout the year.

I'm quite neurotic, usually. But when it comes to work, I become extremely focused.

People around you that you feel you're close to, are they really wishing you good things, you know?

I put my films together in Europe and it kick-starts the financing when I'm attached as an actress. It makes it easier to move forward.

I want to be positive and say: everything I've written will get made eventually.

I've had this opportunity to get some of my financing out of Europe, which has helped tremendously, so I'm not completely dependent on the studio system or on U.S. financing.

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?

I've directed five films and I've proven that people have made money with my films - many people have made money with my films.

And I realized that directing actors is really important because that's what ends up on screen.

Usually I'm able to imagine something and it comes out as I imagined, more or less.

I like doing sequels. Basically, I think it's a fun thing to follow characters in time. In real time.

I can't really explain the feeling of acting. It makes you the most insecure you can possibly be.

I love the acting process. What I don't like is what's around it. The auditions and being rejected every other day. The look thing. That you have to lose weight, that you have to do Botox.