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Jane Birkin quotes: I understand the joy of having a female actress like Charlotte [Gainsbourg] and watching her give everything, and be able to capture it.

I understand the joy of having a female actress like Charlotte [Gainsbourg] and watching her give everything, and be able to capture it.

Jane Birkin quotes: I love the French very much, and I think they know that. I've been adopted here. They treat me as one of their own.

I love the French very much, and I think they know that. I've been adopted here. They treat me as one of their own.

Jane Birkin quotes: I remember being married to John Barry and trying to be the best wife in the world.

I remember being married to John Barry and trying to be the best wife in the world.

Jane Birkin quotes: When you start recognising that you're having fun, life can be delightful.

When you start recognising that you're having fun, life can be delightful.

Jane Birkin quotes: When I arrived in France aged 20, I marched against the death penalty, which was an unpopular thing to protest against at the time.

When I arrived in France aged 20, I marched against the death penalty, which was an unpopular thing to protest against at the time.

Jane Birkin quotes: People always like things that seem exotic.

People always like things that seem exotic.

Jane Birkin quotes: My mother was right: When you've got nothing left, all you can do is get into silk underwear and start reading Proust.

My mother was right: When you've got nothing left, all you can do is get into silk underwear and start reading Proust.

Jane Birkin quotes: Keep smiling - it takes 10 years off!

Keep smiling - it takes 10 years off!

Jane Birkin quotes: A Birkin bag is a very good rain hat; just put everything else in a plastic bag.

A Birkin bag is a very good rain hat; just put everything else in a plastic bag.

Jane Birkin quotes: I think there is an extreme charm in the French, and actually it's their bolshiness that makes them such fun.

I think there is an extreme charm in the French, and actually it's their bolshiness that makes them such fun.

Jane Birkin quotes: I feel most comfortable in an old pair of jeans, Converse, and a man's jersey. My best friend cuts my hair with kitchen scissors.

I feel most comfortable in an old pair of jeans, Converse, and a man's jersey. My best friend cuts my hair with kitchen scissors.

Jane Birkin quotes: I think it's always good to read local authors or relevant books. In Egypt, I studied hieroglyphics and read everything about the mummies.

I think it's always good to read local authors or relevant books. In Egypt, I studied hieroglyphics and read everything about the mummies.

Jane Birkin quotes: I use Elizabeth Arden Eight Hour Cream, Â£12, on my lips, and my arms if they're sunburned. I'm past caring that sunbathing is dangerous.

I use Elizabeth Arden Eight Hour Cream, Â£12, on my lips, and my arms if they're sunburned. I'm past caring that sunbathing is dangerous.

Jane Birkin quotes: Big Ben ... hearing the chimes makes me feel at home.

Big Ben ... hearing the chimes makes me feel at home.

Jane Birkin quotes: I'd rather live on my own than live with a face that looks at me with the wrong eyes.

I'd rather live on my own than live with a face that looks at me with the wrong eyes.

Jane Birkin quotes: I love Dickens because it makes me chuckle to myself so. He has taken me to another world and out of so many earthly miseries.

I love Dickens because it makes me chuckle to myself so. He has taken me to another world and out of so many earthly miseries.

Jane Birkin quotes: My distinguishing feature is the gap between my teeth. I had to wear a brace because my teeth used to stick out like guns from a fortress.

My distinguishing feature is the gap between my teeth. I had to wear a brace because my teeth used to stick out like guns from a fortress.

Jane Birkin quotes: Any film I see at two o'clock in afternoon with my mother seems to cast a strange spell that means we both come out sobbing.

Any film I see at two o'clock in afternoon with my mother seems to cast a strange spell that means we both come out sobbing.

Jane Birkin quotes: I think I did a lot of humorous films when I was young, and they were No. 1 films.

I think I did a lot of humorous films when I was young, and they were No. 1 films.

Jane Birkin quotes: My look is a cocktail. I'm not as nicely turned out as the french, but I don't care like the English.

My look is a cocktail. I'm not as nicely turned out as the french, but I don't care like the English.

Jane Birkin quotes: I didn't really think of myself as being a muse.

I didn't really think of myself as being a muse.

Jane Birkin quotes: Everything I wear doesnt put me in the league of women. If I were a boy, I could look a lot prettier than a lot of boys I know.

Everything I wear doesnt put me in the league of women. If I were a boy, I could look a lot prettier than a lot of boys I know.

Jane Birkin quotes: He painted me when I was young because he was in love with me, but now that he has loved me he doesn't paint me anymore.

He painted me when I was young because he was in love with me, but now that he has loved me he doesn't paint me anymore.

Jane Birkin quotes: I only like boutiques.

I only like boutiques.

Jane Birkin quotes: Robert Louis Stevenson ... I'm focusing on the late short stories that I was ignorant of. I always thought he was a boys' author, but he's not at all.

Robert Louis Stevenson ... I'm focusing on the late short stories that I was ignorant of. I always thought he was a boys' author, but he's not at all.

Jane Birkin quotes: When I made mistakes, people used to laugh. I could have learnt better, but I've always liked to make people laugh.

When I made mistakes, people used to laugh. I could have learnt better, but I've always liked to make people laugh.

Jane Birkin quotes: I always hang things on my bags because I don't like them looking like everyone else's.

I always hang things on my bags because I don't like them looking like everyone else's.

Jane Birkin quotes: But who wants an easy life ? It's boring !

But who wants an easy life ? It's boring !

Jane Birkin quotes: I can't be the only person in the world to have three different husbands, and yet those relationships are never talked about.

I can't be the only person in the world to have three different husbands, and yet those relationships are never talked about.

Jane Birkin quotes: If you fall in love with a country and its people, that makes any country warm to you.

If you fall in love with a country and its people, that makes any country warm to you.

Jane Birkin quotes: At school, I used to hear, 'You're a half-caste.' They'd laugh at my figure and say, 'Are you a boy or a girl?'

At school, I used to hear, 'You're a half-caste.' They'd laugh at my figure and say, 'Are you a boy or a girl?'