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 started so old, so the touring world will always be a foreign land for me. I'll never be someone who's "been on the road."
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.
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.
Maybe, in the back of my head, I'm thinking I have to do as much as I can. It'll stop.
When you fight against your own weaknesses, there's something embarrassing about it.
My father loved me and he wanted to work with me and he didn't care what people would say.
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 hope one day I will be able to be completely myself. Maybe I'll be wilder.
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.
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.
The problem with me in doing things simply is that I feel I'm not enough. It's all very embarrassing.
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.