Lou Doillon (born 4 September 1982) is a French model, singer, and actress. Her father is director Jacques Doillon and her mother is British actress and singer Jane Birkin. Read full biography of Lou Doillon →
I try to not listen to all the girls I admire musically - like Nina Simone - just so I don't find myself imitating them, even if it's... →
In England, you laugh at yourselves; in France, we laugh at others.
My mother taught me to wash my hair as little as possible, and to rinse it with Coke before a shoot for a sexy, tousled look.
The whole process of music for me is something absolutely honest and really naked and bare, so I never forced myself to write in French.
I love acting; I love movie sets and movies, but, at the same time, there's something about the position of women in that world that frightens me... →
The whole point of art school is that you're going to be able to have nudes all day long and a teacher who is there to move you. It's great.... →
With fashion, my mother was an icon, but she never lived it in the sense that she was never obsessed with fashion. When I was a young girl, my sister... →
'Blanche' opened a new door for me without really making me more famous. 'Blanche' was a risk, but that is the only thing that... →
Home has always been wherever I am. I'm not very attached to walls - or people, for that matter - so I've always loved travelling around. A... →
I have a strong and strange character, and I've rarely met directors who knew what to do with this character. One of the few who did was my... →
I listen to a variety of music. The only common point is strong lyrics; I'm more obsessed with lyrics than music. I need to hear a form of truth... →
I was always the funny-looking girl. I couldn't compete with the Brazilian girls. My nose is off, my ears are too big. But I think it's my... →
I was kind of ashamed of my bourgeois family as a teenager, I guess - I had dreadlocks, shopped in thrift stores and pretended I had no money. At... →
Lou Doillon (born 4 September 1982) is a French model, singer, and actress. Her father is director Jacques Doillon and her mother is British actress and singer Jane Birkin.