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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

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

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

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

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

People always like things that seem exotic. — Jane Birkin

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

Keep smiling - it takes 10 years off! — Jane Birkin

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Thank you, Jane Birkin, for providing me with infinite outfit ideas and the confidence to dress like a boy but act like a girl. — Alexa Chung

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

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

I always loved the style of Jean Seberg, Jane Birkin and Marilyn Monroe. — Helena Christensen

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

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

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

French girls still have the Jane Birkin culture. You can go just like that, without makeup, without managing your hair. — Emmanuelle Alt

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

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

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

I only like boutiques. — Jane Birkin

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?' — Jane Birkin