Charlotte Gainsbourg Quotes

It's difficult for me to write in English as it's not my first language, but French is even worse because of my father's influence and because the comparisons that I - not even other people - would make.

You think that being a girl is degrading, but secretly, you'd love to know what it's like, wouldn't you?

Style for me is a casual way of putting something on. It's not thought out but needs to suit your way of life. Now I like wearing the same sweater over and over again, then taking it off when it's smelly.

You don't even need the director's judgement. It's too much.

I don't like being on my own. I'm happy meeting people and collaborating.

I thought people would ask me really personal questions because I've shown more of myself, but it's a comedy, and people understand that it's a game we play.

I hope I'll consider my next part, having learnt from this one.

Everyone gets the feeling that they know you and they know your life, and I felt really embarrassed by that.

I found it very difficult to explain to someone why you did a film. It's not like having a conversation.

I don't have a career plan. I've never done that. Things happen accidentally and I've been lucky.

The problem with me in doing things simply is that I feel I'm not enough. It's all very embarrassing.

It was very liberating to be able to sing in English. It had a different resonance, different images. It was like being a stranger in a foreign land, which was helpful.

The more you turn down things, the more difficult it becomes to feel that the next one will be right.

I don't want to feel that I'm a singer or an actress - being able to say that those are just experiences is what I enjoy.

I was so lucky because I started working very young. And my father was very wealthy and I didn't need to work. I did my films. I was very well paid for my age, and I could make choices, decide not to do a film for six months and wait until I'd get the right thing. Which made me quite a coward, you know. It's so easy to say no to stuff, and then, after a while, it's very hard to go back in.

With a film you go with the script that's already written. And I've never thought of a project, a film that would come from my own desire. I don't think I can do it. I need someone else's desire to be able to do something. With a record, it is completely different, it's a collaboration with another artist, but I'm willing to go into intimate places with no masks on.

I think I developed a very closed personality. I didn't really have friends. I changed schools every year.

I thought people wouldn't take me seriously if too much acting was involved in the singing. But now I love the idea of mixing everything together.

I hated seeing myself on screen. I was full of complexes. I hated my face for a very, very long time.

I have ideas of subjects and atmospheres that I love. I either want to go in a tougher, stronger direction or do the opposite: simple ballads.

I started so old, so the touring world will always be a foreign land for me. I'll never be someone who's "been on the road."

The character is close to me, except that I haven't lived through those situations, so it's not completely me.