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

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

Charlotte Gainsbourg quotes: I love being a beginner. It can be a terrible feeling because you're ashamed of everything you do, but it's so exciting at the same time.

I love being a beginner. It can be a terrible feeling because you're ashamed of everything you do, but it's so exciting at the same time.

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

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

Charlotte Gainsbourg quotes: I haven't found a comfortable place onstage. I'm sure it doesn't have to be comfortable, but I'm very nervous, so I don't enjoy myself.

I haven't found a comfortable place onstage. I'm sure it doesn't have to be comfortable, but I'm very nervous, so I don't enjoy myself.

Charlotte Gainsbourg quotes: Maybe, in the back of my head, I'm thinking I have to do as much as I can. It'll stop.

Maybe, in the back of my head, I'm thinking I have to do as much as I can. It'll stop.

Charlotte Gainsbourg quotes: I used to hate being recognised.

I used to hate being recognised.

Charlotte Gainsbourg quotes: I don't want to feel that I'm a singer or an actress - being able to say that those are just experiences is what I enjoy.

I don't want to feel that I'm a singer or an actress - being able to say that those are just experiences is what I enjoy.

Charlotte Gainsbourg quotes: I like to play roles different from myself so I can hide behind them.

I like to play roles different from myself so I can hide behind them.

Charlotte Gainsbourg quotes: I wish I could just accept that I'm not that good and not be shy about the fact that I'm not that professional.

I wish I could just accept that I'm not that good and not be shy about the fact that I'm not that professional.

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

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

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

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

Charlotte Gainsbourg quotes: 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 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 quotes: The problem with me in doing things simply is that I feel I'm not enough. It's all very embarrassing.

The problem with me in doing things simply is that I feel I'm not enough. It's all very embarrassing.

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

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

Charlotte Gainsbourg quotes: 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.

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 quotes: Everyone gets the feeling that they know you and they know your life, and I felt really embarrassed by that.

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

Charlotte Gainsbourg quotes: I don't have a career plan. I've never done that. Things happen accidentally and I've been lucky.

I don't have a career plan. I've never done that. Things happen accidentally and I've been lucky.

Charlotte Gainsbourg quotes: 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.

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 quotes: When you fight against your own weaknesses, there's something embarrassing about it.

When you fight against your own weaknesses, there's something embarrassing about it.

Charlotte Gainsbourg quotes: I was putting all those pressures on myself.

I was putting all those pressures on myself.

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

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

Charlotte Gainsbourg quotes: I'd love to be able to write again, but I'm so repetitive. And it was all about fear. Never positive. Just indulgent about my sadness.

I'd love to be able to write again, but I'm so repetitive. And it was all about fear. Never positive. Just indulgent about my sadness.

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

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

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

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

Charlotte Gainsbourg quotes: I think, being an actress, you know that you're getting old. I'm 44. I mean, an agent said when I turned 40, "It won't get better."

I think, being an actress, you know that you're getting old. I'm 44. I mean, an agent said when I turned 40, "It won't get better."

Charlotte Gainsbourg quotes: I was so lucky because I started working very young. And my father was very wealthy and I didn't need to work. I did my films.

I was so lucky because I started working very young. And my father was very wealthy and I didn't need to work. I did my films.

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

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

Charlotte Gainsbourg quotes: 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.

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.

Charlotte Gainsbourg quotes: There's always this thing of wanting to be elsewhere.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Charlotte Gainsbourg quotes: 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.

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.

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

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

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

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

Charlotte Gainsbourg quotes: 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.

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.

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

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

Charlotte Gainsbourg quotes: 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.

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 quotes: 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

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.

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

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

Charlotte Gainsbourg quotes: 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 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."

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

I don't feel I have to share everything.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Charlotte Gainsbourg quotes: I hope one day I will be able to be completely myself. Maybe I'll be wilder.

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

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

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

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