Julie Delpy > Quotes

“I believe if there's any kind of God it wouldn't be in any of us, not you or me but just this little space in between. If there's any kind of magic in this world it must be in the attempt of understanding someone sharing something. I know, it's almost impossible to succeed but who cares really? The answer must be in the attempt.”
― Julie Delpy, Before Sunrise & Before Sunset: Two Screenplays

“I always feel this pressure of being a strong and independent icon of womanhood, and without making it look my whole life is revolving around some guy. But loving someone, and being loved means so much to me. We always make fun of it and stuff. But isn't everything we do in life a way to be loved a little more?”
― Julie Delpy, Before Sunrise & Before Sunset: Two Screenplays

“You can never replace anyone because everyone is made up of such beautiful specific details.”
― Julie Delpy, Before Sunrise & Before Sunset: Two Screenplays

“I guess when you are young, you believe that you will meet many people with whom you'll connect with, but later in life you realize it only happens a few times.”
― Julie Delpy, Before Sunrise & Before Sunset: Two Screenplays

“So often in my life I've been with people and shared beautiful moments like travelling or staying up all night and watching the sunrise, and I knew it was a special moment, but something was always wrong. I wished I'd been with someone else. I knew that what I was feeling - exactly what was so important to me - they didn't understand.”
― Julie Delpy, Before Sunrise & Before Sunset: Two Screenplays

“Isn't everything we do in life a way to be loved a little more?”
― Julie Delpy, Before Sunrise & Before Sunset: Two Screenplays

“Men go out with me, we break up and then they get married. And later they call me to thank me for teaching them what love is. That I tought them to care and respect women.
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I wanna kill them! Why didn't they ask me to marry them? I would've said no, but at least they could have asked.”
― Julie Delpy, Before Sunrise & Before Sunset: Two Screenplays

“Let me sing you a waltz / Out of nowhere, out of my thoughts / Let me sing you a waltz / About this one night stand / You were, for me, that night / Everything I always dreamt of in life / But now you're gone / You are far gone / All the way to your island of rain / It was for you just a one night thing / But you were much more to me, just so you know / I don't care what they say / I know what you meant for me that day / I just want another try, I just want another night / Even if it doesn't seem quite right / You meant for me much more than anyone I've met before / One single night with you, little Jesse, is worth a thousand with anybody / I have no bitterness, my sweet / I'll never forget this one night thing / Even tomorrow in other arms, my heart will stay yours until I die / Let me sing you a waltz / Out of nowhere, out of my blues / Let me sing you a waltz / About this lovely one night stand”
― Julie Delpy, Before Sunrise & Before Sunset: Two Screenplays

“I was having this awful nightmare that I was 32. And then I woke up and I was 23. So relieved. And then I woke up for real, and I was 32.”
― Julie Delpy, Before Sunrise & Before Sunset: Two Screenplays

“Baby, you are gonna miss that plane.”
― Julie Delpy, Before Sunrise & Before Sunset: Two Screenplays

“Even being alone it's better than sitting next to your lover and feeling lonely.”
― Julie Delpy, Before Sunrise & Before Sunset: Two Screenplays

“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.”
― Julie Delpy

“I think I can really fall in love when I know everything about someone ..
The way he's gonna part his hair, which shirt his gonna wear that day, knowing the exact story he'd tell in a given situation. I'm sure that's when I know I am really in love.”
― Julie Delpy

“A waltz for a night”
― Julie Delpy, Before Sunrise & Before Sunset: Two Screenplays

“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.”
― Julie Delpy

“Reality and love are almost contradictory for me.”
― Julie Delpy

“You can never replace anyone. What is lost is lost.”
― Julie Delpy

“People just have an affair, or even entire relationships, they breakup and they forget. They move on like they would have changed brand of cereals. I feel I was never able to forget anyone I've been with because each person had their own specific qualities.
You can never replace anyone what is lost is lost. I see in them little details, so specific to each of them, that move me and that I miss and will always miss. You can never replace anyone, because everyone is made of such beautiful, specific details.”
― Julie Delpy

“Well, it must have been one hell of a night we're about to have.”
― Julie Delpy, Before Midnight