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47 quotes by Jane Birkin

Jane Mallory Birkin, OBE (born 14 December 1946) is an English actress and singer based in France. She is perhaps best known for her relationship with Serge Gainsbourg in the 1970s and being the namesake of the popular Hermès Birkin bag. In recent years she has written her own album, directed a film and become an outspoken proponent of democracy in Burma.
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My father was a painter, so I was encouraged to take a sketchbook everywhere. Cameras are perishable, but I still have tonnes of sketchbooks from all... →

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Nothing has ever touched on what fun childhood was. Summer holidays were bliss. We made home movies, with real stories in them. My father had such... →

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When I was at school I used to scream in trains, in those concertina things between the carriages. I used to try to be so good that sometimes I... →

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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... →

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

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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.

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

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

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

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David Attenborough... has that wonderful, breathy voice, and he's always so fascinated by what he's seeing. There's nothing about him... →

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I colour my hair mousy brown and I wear makeup only on stage. I use Laura Mercier - something called Biscuit, I think. I run one tiny sponge over my... →

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I don't like getting older, but there's nothing I can do. Hitting 60 wasn't great, but I think I was lucky in not being that beautiful;... →

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I don't much enjoy travelling, but I have always longed to take a slow train to Russia. I'd like to go alone - like writers do - with only a... →

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