Leslie Caron
Leslie Caron
Leslie Claire Margaret Caronis a Franco-American film actress and dancer who appeared in 45 films between 1951 and 2003. Her autobiography, Thank Heaven, was published in 2010 in the UK and US, and in 2011 in a French version. Veteran documentarian Larry Weinstein's Leslie Caron: The Reluctant Star will premiere in Toronto on June 28, 2016...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth1 July 1931
CountryFrance
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No matter what you do, your person comes through. You can't completely change yourself on the screen. I had in mind someone colder and more in control, but I couldn't do it. This human note just crept in and maybe it's better.
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The studio system collapsed only when Elizabeth Taylor charged $1 million for Cleopatra.
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We were all ruled by the studio system. I signed a contract for seven years.
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It's the first film that I made where the director was not present under the camera, and it threw me.
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James Ivory is very, very subtle in his study of human behavior. I think that he's very aware of the subtleties of women behavior.
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I got as little as a $75 a week when I started.
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I noticed that when I went to see the rushes or the first showing that there was something quite human in this desperation, and I hadn't planned it.
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The French? Upper class. Now, this is not all of France, it's just the French upper class, and it's very true. That's the way that they are, yes.
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I had two children. I had a nanny to manage my kids.
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I regret not doing a film that I was offered with Clark Gable because the script was not good enough.
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Fred Astaire was a more formal, trained dancer who loved waltzing and only danced with the girls.
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I was trying to be very at ease in this arrogant person, and very worldly, but something human came into the part. I hate to say that. I wanted to be totally worldly.
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It's very difficult to marry into another civilization.
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There were many good actresses in my time like Jane Powell and Debbie Reynolds, but I was the only dancer.