Julie Christie

Living in America, I became aware of many issues and went through a period of politicization

— Julie Christie

I see stardom very clearly as a construct that's been created in order to sell things.

— Julie Christie

Some people enjoy celebrity. I admire those who do, because if you're going to go through it, you might as well enjoy…

— 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…

— Julie Christie

The little things that made up the fabric of the first six years of my life were suddenly ripped away, and I…

— Julie Christie

It takes me time to realize things; I'm a speedy person but a slow thinker.

— Julie Christie

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

— Julie Christie

I basically put myself into directors' hands and let them tell me what to do, and the more they told me what…

— Julie Christie

Most of the time I spent in America, I was having a love affair with some American or other. I was just…

— Julie Christie

I don't think men see any lusty sexiness in me. The appealing thing is an air of abandonment. Men don't want any…

— Julie Christie

I never will have peace of mind. I'm not constructed that way. Some things in life can be horrible.

— 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…

— Julie Christie

I never dreamed I'd like any city as well as London. San Francisco is exciting, moody, exhilarating. I even love the muted…

— Julie Christie

I was utilized because I have a certain face that works well in cinema, and I'm used to making myself look as…

— Julie Christie

Altman works in such an interesting way, letting things occur in the film even if he didn't particularly plan them.

— Julie Christie

I think I've got something when I'm onscreen, but that's nothing to do with acting or talent

— 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…

— Julie Christie

There were some films I refused because the feminist aspect was a bit wonky.

— Julie Christie

I was born with a need to be the center of attention, and, of course, you're the center of the world when…

— Julie Christie

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…

— Julie Christie

It's quite hard for me being an actress because I actually don't like attention

— Julie Christie

The status quo and the media is doing everything it can to fry children's brains and make them grow up maladjusted.

— Julie Christie

When I came back to Britain, I realized that I was no longer a very young woman. I had to meet my…

— Julie Christie

I'd never been content in America

— 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…

— Julie Christie