Julie Delpy
Julie Delpy
Julie Delpyis a French-American actress, film director, screenwriter, and singer-songwriter. She studied filmmaking at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts and has directed, written, or acted in more than 30 films, including Europa Europa, Voyager, Three Colors: White, Before Sunrise, An American Werewolf in Paris, Before Sunset, 2 Days in Paris, and Before Midnight. She has been nominated for three César Awards, two Online Film Critics Society Awards, and two Academy Awards. After moving to the United States...
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth21 December 1969
CityParis, France
I can't really explain the feeling of acting. It makes you the most insecure you can possibly be.
Maybe I'm a bit of a psycho-but I'd rather be psycho than boring.
My therapist in Paris once told me that being creative is a better form of therapy for me than sitting on his couch.
I like doing sequels. Basically, I think it's a fun thing to follow characters in time. In real time.
I was six years old when I saw my first Godard movie, eight when I first experienced Bergman. I wanted to be a director when I was fourteen.
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.
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.
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.
You can never replace anyone because everyone is made up of such beautiful specific details.
I'm comfortable wherever I am, and I can be anywhere and feel comfortable after three weeks. I adapt, and I'm like a chameleon. If a country doesn't have Internet, then I get used to not having the Internet. I could basically live anywhere. I'm a nomad at heart. Nothing is more boring than monotony.
And I realized that directing actors is really important because that's what ends up on screen.
I don't want to go to the Bahamas on holiday. I hate islands. I want to go to Brittany, where it's cold and raining, and there's nothing fancy about it.
I think some people, when they get a certain ego, they lose sense of whatever.
I don't know any woman in France who doesn't talk to firemen and smile at them, because they're always so sweet, and they're wearing those tight pants. Even my dad looks at their ass when they walk down the street!