Julie Delpy
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"Julie Delpy" is a French American/French-American actress, film director, screenwriter, and singer-songwriter. She studied filmmaking at New York University/New York University's Tisch School of the Arts and has directed, written, and acted in more than 30 films, including Europa Europa (1990), Voyager (film)/Voyager (1991), Three Colors: White (1993), Before Sunrise (1995), An American Werewolf in Paris (1997), Before Sunset (2004), 2 Days in Paris (2007), and Before Midnight (film)/Before Midnight (2013). She has been nominated for three César Awards, two Online Film Critics Society/Online Film Critics Society Awards, and two Academy Award for Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)/Academy Awards. After moving to the United States in 1990, she became an American citizen in 2001.

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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.

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I may move from everywhere and spend two or three years in total isolation. I like being alone a lot. I enjoy that more than anything.

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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.

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I've never made the first move in my whole life - I'm too scared. I couldn't kiss someone first. I'm extremely shy. I'm, like, so shy that actually... it's very painful what I'm going to say, but I don't think I've ever been with someone I really loved, because the people I really cared for, I didn't have, you know, the nerve to go after.

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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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If Woody Allen called me, I'd be there straight away. Who wouldn't? Truly.

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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.

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