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Charlotte Gainsbourg
French
Actress
About the author
You think that being a girl is degrading, but secretly, you'd love to know what it's like, wouldn't you?
Charlotte Gainsbourg,
French
Actress
#Love
#Being
You don't even need the director's judgement. It's too much.
Charlotte Gainsbourg,
French
Actress
When you love someone, you don't want them to suffer at all.
Charlotte Gainsbourg,
French
Actress
#Want
#Love
I'm a very shy person towards my intimacy and private life.
Charlotte Gainsbourg,
French
Actress
#Life
#Intimacy
I'm desperate to work again. I've often had those periods, but two years was the longest.
Charlotte Gainsbourg,
French
Actress
#Work
#Years
In France, you're with the crew, and you have lunch with them. It's more like a family.
Charlotte Gainsbourg,
French
Actress
#Family
#France
It's more than a job. It's very personal, so when you're hurt, you're really hurt inside.
Charlotte Gainsbourg,
French
Actress
#Hurt
#Job
It's nice that we have all these different films.
Charlotte Gainsbourg,
French
Actress
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.
Charlotte Gainsbourg,
French
Actress
#Work
#Being
The character is close to me, except that I haven't lived through those situations, so it's not completely me.
Charlotte Gainsbourg,
French
Actress
#Character
Wanting to do it was much more powerful than the fright.
Charlotte Gainsbourg,
French
Actress
There were always questions about my parents; I got so fed up with that.
Charlotte Gainsbourg,
French
Actress
#Questions
#Parents
I went on television and I wouldn't say a word; I feel so stupid when I watch them again.
Charlotte Gainsbourg,
French
Actress
#Word
#Television
The English was really my mother, it was never me. Being the daughter of my father, I always felt very French.
Charlotte Gainsbourg,
French
Actress
#Daughter
#Being
#English
#Mother
#Father
The more sincere I could be, the better it would be for the film.
Charlotte Gainsbourg,
French
Actress
#Film
Everyone gets the feeling that they know you and they know your life, and I felt really embarrassed by that.
Charlotte Gainsbourg,
French
Actress
#Life
#Feeling
The more you turn down things, the more difficult it becomes to feel that the next one will be right.
Charlotte Gainsbourg,
French
Actress
#Right
#Will
I wasn't getting the responses I hoped for. You can't protect yourself from other judgments.
Charlotte Gainsbourg,
French
Actress
At the beginning it wasn't to do with the work, it was more the experience.
Charlotte Gainsbourg,
French
Actress
#Work
#Experience
#Beginning
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 degrading.
Charlotte Gainsbourg,
French
Actress
#Hair
#Girls
I couldn't do anything else, I enjoy it so much. But I find it tough.
Charlotte Gainsbourg,
French
Actress
I found it very difficult to explain to someone why you did a film. It's not like having a conversation.
Charlotte Gainsbourg,
French
Actress
#Film
#Conversation
I hated seeing myself on screen. I was full of complexes. I hated my face for a very, very long time.
Charlotte Gainsbourg,
French
Actress
#Time
I still find it hard to push my own limits. I know where my limits are and that I always have to push myself.
Charlotte Gainsbourg,
French
Actress
#Limits
I thought people would ask me really personal questions because I've shown more of myself, but it's a comedy, and people understand that it's a game we play.
Charlotte Gainsbourg,
French
Actress
#People
#Play
#Thought
#Questions
#Comedy
I was putting all those pressures on myself.
Charlotte Gainsbourg,
French
Actress
I used to hate being recognised.
Charlotte Gainsbourg,
French
Actress
#Being
#Hate
I hope I'll consider my next part, having learnt from this one.
Charlotte Gainsbourg,
French
Actress
#Hope