Charlotte Gainsbourg Quotes


"You don't even need the director's judgement. It's too much."
- Charlotte Gainsbourg
"When you love someone, you don't want them to suffer at all."
- Charlotte Gainsbourg
(Related: Love, Want)

"I'm a very shy person towards my intimacy and private life."
- Charlotte Gainsbourg
(Related: Life, Intimacy)

"I'm desperate to work again. I've often had those periods, but two years was the longest."
- Charlotte Gainsbourg
(Related: Work, Years)

"In France, you're with the crew, and you have lunch with them. It's more like a family."
- Charlotte Gainsbourg
(Related: Family, France)

"It's more than a job. It's very personal, so when you're hurt, you're really hurt inside."
- Charlotte Gainsbourg
(Related: Hurt, Job)

"It's nice that we have all these different films."
- 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
(Related: Work, Being)

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

"Wanting to do it was much more powerful than the fright."
- Charlotte Gainsbourg
"There were always questions about my parents; I got so fed up with that."
- Charlotte Gainsbourg
(Related: Parents, Questions)

"I went on television and I wouldn't say a word; I feel so stupid when I watch them again."
- Charlotte Gainsbourg
(Related: Television, Word)

"The English was really my mother, it was never me. Being the daughter of my father, I always felt very French."
- Charlotte Gainsbourg
(Related: Mother, Father, Daughter, Being, English)

"The more sincere I could be, the better it would be for the film."
- Charlotte Gainsbourg
(Related: Film)

"Everyone gets the feeling that they know you and they know your life, and I felt really embarrassed by that."
- Charlotte Gainsbourg
(Related: Life, Feeling)

"The more you turn down things, the more difficult it becomes to feel that the next one will be right."
- Charlotte Gainsbourg
(Related: Right, Will)

"I wasn't getting the responses I hoped for. You can't protect yourself from other judgments."
- Charlotte Gainsbourg
"At the beginning it wasn't to do with the work, it was more the experience."
- Charlotte Gainsbourg
(Related: Experience, Work, Beginning)

"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
(Related: Girls, Hair)

"I couldn't do anything else, I enjoy it so much. But I find it tough."
- 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
(Related: Conversation, Film)

"I hated seeing myself on screen. I was full of complexes. I hated my face for a very, very long time."
- Charlotte Gainsbourg
(Related: Time)

"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
(Related: Limits)

"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
(Related: Thought, People, Comedy, Play, Questions)

"I was putting all those pressures on myself."
- Charlotte Gainsbourg
"I used to hate being recognised."
- Charlotte Gainsbourg
(Related: Being, Hate)

"I hope I'll consider my next part, having learnt from this one."
- Charlotte Gainsbourg
(Related: Hope)