Charlotte Gainsbourg Famous Quotes & Sayings
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I have ideas of subjects and atmospheres that I love. I either want to go in a tougher, stronger direction or do the opposite: simple ballads.

There's always this thing of wanting to be elsewhere.

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

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

I think I developed a very closed personality. I didn't really have friends. I changed schools every year.

I don't like being on my own. I'm happy meeting people and collaborating.

I thought people wouldn't take me seriously if too much acting was involved in the singing. But now I love the idea of mixing everything together.

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

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

I didn't want to change my personality onstage, but I still had to build some kind of ego to be able to go up there. If not, there's no point.

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

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.

I was very attached to my family when my father died. I was 19. I was about to go live with my father right when he died, so it was very intense.

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

I started so old, so the touring world will always be a foreign land for me. I'll never be someone who's "been on the road."

I don't feel I have to share everything.

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

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

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

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

My father loved me and he wanted to work with me and he didn't care what people would say.

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

I hope one day I will be able to be completely myself. Maybe I'll be wilder.

I would love to be able to do a film. I would love to be able to focus on what excites me in watching actors.

I came to understand that people come and see you because they like you. They don't come to throw things at you.