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28 quotes by Charlotte Gainsbourg

Charlotte Lucy Gainsbourg (born 21 July 1971) is an Anglo-French actress and singer. She is the daughter of English actress Jane Birkin and French singer and songwriter Serge Gainsbourg. After making her musical debut with her father on the song "Lemon Incest" at the age of twelve, she released an album with her father at the age of fifteen. More than twenty years passed before she released three albums as an adult (5:55, IRM and Stage Whisper)...
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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.

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

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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... →

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

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

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I still find it hard to push my own limits. I know where my limits are and that I always have to push myself.

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When you love someone, you don't want them to suffer at all.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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