Quotations and phrases - Charlotte Gainsbourg

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

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

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

I couldn't do anything else, I enjoy it so much. But I find it tough.
-- Charlotte Gainsbourg

I don't feel I have to share everything.
-- Charlotte Gainsbourg

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

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

I have a very easy life, but you depend on other people's will, and sooner or later you get doubts about yourself.
-- Charlotte Gainsbourg

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

I imagine it's very hard for parents to let go of their child like that, but they made me feel that I could decide.
-- Charlotte Gainsbourg

I so loved the script, but I was scared at what people would think-I thought maybe it would be taken seriously.
-- Charlotte Gainsbourg

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

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

I used to hate being recognised.
-- Charlotte Gainsbourg

I was putting all those pressures on myself.
-- Charlotte Gainsbourg

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

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

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

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

If I take a step back, I see that it's a weird job to be doing. But I've been into it since I was 12 and I love it.
-- Charlotte Gainsbourg

In Franc, you're with the crew, and you have lunch with them. It's more like a family.
-- Charlotte Gainsbourg

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

It wasn't a question of being jealous of their parts, it was just a question of what was my place in that comedy.
-- Charlotte Gainsbourg

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

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

Journalists wanted to get information about how I was raised, what my father was like, our private life. I hated it.
-- Charlotte Gainsbourg

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

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

The director was doing the acting and the directing with such energy at the same time that it was a pleasure to watch.
-- Charlotte Gainsbourg

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

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

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

There was a scene where we were making love, but in a very trashy way, and it was supposed to be funny but I didn't feel it was funny.
-- Charlotte Gainsbourg

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

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

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

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

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

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