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 think I developed a very closed personality. I didn't really have friends. I changed schools every year.
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 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.
My father loved me and he wanted to work with me and he didn't care what people would say.
I would love to be able to do a film. I would love to be able to focus on what excites me in watching actors.
I went on television and I wouldn't say a word; I feel so stupid when I watch them again.
Wanting to do it was much more powerful than the fright.
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.
In France I'm very private, I don't like talking about my life, and I imagined that people would think that I'm now an open book.
The more you turn down things, the more difficult it becomes to feel that the next one will be right.
I think, being an actress, you know that you're getting old. I'm 44. I mean, an agent said when I turned 40, "It won't get better."
I hated seeing myself on screen. I was full of complexes. I hated my face for a very, very long time.
I used to hate being recognised.
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.