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
When you fight against your own weaknesses, there's something embarrassing about it.
There's always this thing of wanting to be elsewhere.
You don't accept your weaknesses the same way that you love the weaknesses of another artist, because when they make mistakes they don't look like weaknesses.
I thought people wouldn't take me seriously if too much acting was involved in the singing. But now I love the idea of mixing everything together.
I came to understand that people come and see you because they like you. They don't come to throw things at you.
I felt that people would criticize everything. I was so scared about playing Paris. I was very much aware that the greatest concerts my father and mother had done were there. I was sure people would be very tough.
I wish I could just accept that I'm not that good and not be shy about the fact that I'm not that professional.
It was very liberating to be able to sing in English. It had a different resonance, different images. It was like being a stranger in a foreign land, which was helpful.
I have ideas of subjects and atmospheres that I love. I either want to go in a tougher, stronger direction or do the opposite: simple ballads.
I don't feel that I've accomplished anything. I feel that it'll be better when I won't care as much, but it's so difficult to let go and accept all the wrong notes.
I don't want to feel that I'm a singer or an actress - being able to say that those are just experiences is what I enjoy.
I love being a beginner. It can be a terrible feeling because you're ashamed of everything you do, but it's so exciting at the same time.
I haven't found a comfortable place onstage. I'm sure it doesn't have to be comfortable, but I'm very nervous, so I don't enjoy myself.
I didn't go to acting school, so it was great to be able to rehearse for a month or two, to workshop, and be with a director who even gave me acting exercises.