Julie Christie Net Worth

Julie Christie's Quotes

• [In the mid-'90s, on why she never got married] Men don't want any responsibility, and neither do I.
• [on making Shampoo (1975) with Warren Beatty and Robert Towne] We showcased an utterly immoral, grotesquely greedy, decadent society that we felt was imminent.
• [on her relationship with Warren Beatty] I'm terribly dependent on him, like a baby to its mother, so we travel backwards and forward to be with each other.
• [on the prospect of her directing a film] Always a foot soldier, never a general.
• [on fame] All that concentrated adulation is terribly corroding.

Interesting Facts about Julie Christie

1. Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#26). [1995]
2. Born at 10:00am-LMT.
3. Julie's father ran a tea plantation in India, where she grew up.
4. Her romance with Terence Stamp has been said to have inspired The Kinks "Waterloo Sunset", hence the line "Terry met Julie" in the song. However in a 2004 interview, lead singer Ray Davies, who penned the song, denied this, saying: "No, Terry and Julie were real people. I couldn't write for stars." Stamp later turned down the role of Guy Montag in Fahrenheit 451 (1966) because of his complicated emotions over co-starring with Christie, backing out of the role on the pretext of Julie receiving top billing. Oskar Werner subsequently played Montag. A year later, Stamp had overcome his insecurities and agreed to co-star with Christie in Far from the Madding Crowd (1967).
5. Former co-owner of Katira Productions, along with boyfriend Warren Beatty (named after Beatty's parents Kathlyn and Ira.).
6. Joined 160 people to sign an advertisement which ran in The Times (London) urging the legalization of marijuana. [1992]
7. Is currently active in nuclear disarmament and animal rights. [2004]
8. Brother Clive Christie is a professor of SouthEast Asian studies at Hull University.
9. Close friends with actresses Shirley MacLaine, Goldie Hawn and Faye Dunaway.
10. Director David Lean nicknamed her 'sunflower' for her beautiful personality and director 'John Schlesinger' nicknamed her 'Trilby' after the 19th century novel about a lovable bohemian.
11. Directors she works with often enjoy working with her so much that they use her several times: Robert Altman in McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971) and Nashville (1975); John Schlesinger in Billy Liar (1963), Darling (1965), Far from the Madding Crowd (1967) and Separate Tables (1983); Nicolas Roeg directed her in Don't Look Now (1973) and was cinematographer on Far from the Madding Crowd (1967), Fahrenheit 451 (1966) and Petulia (1968) and lover Warren Beatty used her in Shampoo (1975) and Heaven Can Wait (1978).
12. Fluent in English, French, and Italian.
13. She lived with investigative journalist Duncan Campbell from 1979 before their wedding in 2008.
14. Her idol is Marlon Brando.
15. Was in a relationship with Don Bessant, a lithographer and art teacher, from December 1962 to May 1967.
16. In 1967 Time magazine said of her, "What Julie Christie wears has more real impact on fashion than all the clothes of the ten Best-Dressed women combined.".
17. Julie discovered she wanted to become an actress when, at age nine, she snuck out of her Paris boarding school and spent the day with a complete stranger who was an aspiring actor.
18. Julie gave friend Sharon Tate a copy of Tom Hardy's novel "Tess of the d'Urbervilles" with the inscription "For my Hardy heroine" (Julie had recently become a Tom Hardy heroine in Far from the Madding Crowd (1967)). Sharon gave the novel to her husband Roman Polanski shortly before her death. When Polanski later made the film Tess (1979) he dedicated it "For Sharon".
19. Robert Altman said of her, "She's my incandescent, melancholy, strong, gold-hearted, sphinx-like, stainless steel little soldier.".
20. The infamous dinner-party scene in Shampoo (1975) was completely improvised by Julie and Warren Beatty, much to the surprise of the rest of the cast and director Hal Ashby.