Quotes from Charlotte Gainsbourg


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When you love someone, you don't want them to suffer at all.


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.


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


It's nice that we have all these different films.


In France, you're with the crew, and you have lunch with them. It's more like a family.


I'm desperate to work again. I've often had those periods, but two years was the longest.


I'm a very shy person towards my intimacy and private life.


I went on television and I wouldn't say a word; I feel so stupid when I watch them again.


I wasn't getting the responses I hoped for. You can't protect yourself from other judgments.


I was putting all those pressures on myself.


I used to hate being recognised.


At the beginning it wasn't to do with the work, it was more the experience.


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.


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.


There were always questions about my parents; I got so fed up with that.


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


The more sincere I could be, the better it would be for the film.


The English was really my mother, it was never me. Being the daughter of my father, I always felt very French.


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