Charlotte Gainsbourg
Charlotte Gainsbourg
Charlotte Lucy Gainsbourgis a British-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 adultto commercial and critical success. Gainsbourg has also appeared in many films, including several...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth21 July 1971
CountryFrance
I went on television and I wouldn't say a word; I feel so stupid when I watch them again.
I'm a very shy person towards my intimacy and private life.
Wanting to do it was much more powerful than the fright.
I was very attached to my family when my father died. I was 19. I was about to go live with my father right when he died, so it was very intense.
Everyone gets the feeling that they know you and they know your life, and I felt really embarrassed by that.
I found it very difficult to explain to someone why you did a film. It's not like having a conversation.
I hated seeing myself on screen. I was full of complexes. I hated my face for a very, very long time.
Each time I changed, it was as if, on purpose, I didn't want anyone to know too much about me, which of course now I regret, because I closed myself to everything. But it was my way of dealing with things.
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.
The English was really my mother, it was never me. Being the daughter of my father, I always felt very French.
When you love someone, you don't want them to suffer at all.
I think I developed a very closed personality. I didn't really have friends. I changed schools every year.
It's nice that we have all these different films.
It's difficult for me to write in English as it's not my first language, but French is even worse because of my father's influence and because the comparisons that I - not even other people - would make.