Quotes by Charlotte Gainsbourg

• You think that being a girl is degrading, but secretly, you'd love to know what it's like, wouldn't you?
• You don't even need the director's judgement. It's too much.
• When you love someone, you don't want them to suffer at all.
• I'm a very shy person towards my intimacy and private life.
• I'm desperate to work again. I've often had those periods, but two years was the longest.
• In France, you're with the crew, and you have lunch with them. It's more like a family.
• It's more than a job. It's very personal, so when you're hurt, you're really hurt inside.
• It's nice that we have all these different films.
• 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.
• The character is close to me, except that I haven't lived through those situations, so it's not completely me.
• Wanting to do it was much more powerful than the fright.
• There were always questions about my parents; I got so fed up with that.
• I went on television and I wouldn't say a word; I feel so stupid when I watch them again.
• The English was really my mother, it was never me. Being the daughter of my father, I always felt very French.
• The more sincere I could be, the better it would be for the film.
• Everyone gets the feeling that they know you and they know your life, and I felt really embarrassed by that.
• The more you turn down things, the more difficult it becomes to feel that the next one will be right.
• I wasn't getting the responses I hoped for. You can't protect yourself from other judgments.
• At the beginning it wasn't to do with the work, it was more the experience.
• I couldn't do anything else, I enjoy it so much. But I find it tough.
• I found it very difficult to explain to someone why you did a film. It's not like having a conversation.
• I still find it hard to push my own limits. I know where my limits are and that I always have to push myself.
• 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 was putting all those pressures on myself.
• I hope I'll consider my next part, having learnt from this one.