Charlotte Gainsbourg famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

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

#Character #Situation
I found it very difficult to explain to someone why you did a film. It's not like having a conversation.
-- Charlotte Gainsbourg

#Film #Found #Conversation
I hated seeing myself on screen. I was full of complexes. I hated my face for a very, very long time.
-- Charlotte Gainsbourg

#Long #Faces #Hated
I used to hate being recognised.
-- Charlotte Gainsbourg

#Hate #Used
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.
-- Charlotte Gainsbourg

#Games #Play #People
I don't feel I have to share everything.
-- Charlotte Gainsbourg

#Share #Feels
When you love someone, you don't want them to suffer at all.
-- Charlotte Gainsbourg

#When You Love Someone #Suffering #Want
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.
-- Charlotte Gainsbourg

#Sweaters #Style #Needs
It's nice that we have all these different films.
-- Charlotte Gainsbourg

#Nice #Different #Film
Everyone gets the feeling that they know you and they know your life, and I felt really embarrassed by that.
-- Charlotte Gainsbourg

#Feelings #Embarrassed
Letting go of things and not being afraid of being ridiculous or over the top - I think that's the main thing for me to work on.
-- Charlotte Gainsbourg

#Letting Go #Thinking #Ridiculous
Girls can wear jeans, cut their hair short, wear shirts and boots, 'cause it's okay to be a boy, but for a boy to look like a girl is degrading.
-- Charlotte Gainsbourg

#Girl #Cutting #Boys
The English was really my mother, it was never me. Being the daughter of my father, I always felt very French.
-- Charlotte Gainsbourg

#Daughter #Mother #Father
It's more than a job. It's very personal, so when you're hurt, you're really hurt inside.
-- Charlotte Gainsbourg

#Hurt #Jobs #Feelings
You think that being a girl is degrading, but secretly, you'd love to know what it's like, wouldn't you?
-- Charlotte Gainsbourg

#Girl #Thinking #Being A Girl
In France, you're with the crew, and you have lunch with them. It's more like a family.
-- Charlotte Gainsbourg

#Lunch #France #Crew
The more sincere I could be, the better it would be for the film.
-- Charlotte Gainsbourg

#Would Be #Film #Sincere
The more you turn down things, the more difficult it becomes to feel that the next one will be right.
-- Charlotte Gainsbourg

#Next #Difficult #Turns
There were always questions about my parents; I got so fed up with that.
-- Charlotte Gainsbourg

#Parent #Feds #Fed Up
I hope I'll consider my next part, having learnt from this one.
-- Charlotte Gainsbourg

#Eugenics #Next
You don't even need the director's judgement. It's too much.
-- Charlotte Gainsbourg

#Judgement #Directors #Needs
In France I'm very private, I don't like talking about my life, and I imagined that people would think that I'm now an open book.
-- Charlotte Gainsbourg

#Book #Thinking #Talking
I'm desperate to work again. I've often had those periods, but two years was the longest.
-- Charlotte Gainsbourg

#Years #Two #Desperate
I went on television and I wouldn't say a word; I feel so stupid when I watch them again.
-- Charlotte Gainsbourg

#Stupid #Watches #Television
I'm a very shy person towards my intimacy and private life.
-- Charlotte Gainsbourg

#Shy #Intimacy #Private Life
I still find it hard to push my own limits. I know where my limits are and that I always have to push myself.
-- Charlotte Gainsbourg

#Limits #Stills
Wanting to do it was much more powerful than the fright.
-- Charlotte Gainsbourg

#Powerful #Fear #Fright
I wasn't getting the responses I hoped for. You can't protect yourself from other judgments.
-- Charlotte Gainsbourg

#Afterlife #Judgment #Protect
At the beginning it wasn't to do with the work, it was more the experience.
-- Charlotte Gainsbourg

#Working It

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