Charlotte Rampling
Charlotte Rampling
Tessa Charlotte Rampling, OBEis an English actress, model and chanteuse, known for her work in European arthouse films in three languages, English, French, and Italian...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth5 February 1946
CountryFrance
regret years training
I regret not having enough training, I trained for a year at The Royal Court, but I very quickly went off to do films and television.
kissing film
I did that film just so I could kiss Robert Redford.
judging done
You can never really judge your work because once it's done, it's done.
musical body movement
The process of filmmaking is very musical, you get into the rhythm and the rhythmics of how someone is, especially with Woody Allen who is very much into body language and body movement.
watches
You cannot watch yourself dispassionately.
heart limits desert
I must explore desert ground and see what can grow. But there are limits. I know in my heart what I would never do.
running believe looks
A lot of young actors will do a scene and then run off and look at themselves. I don't believe in that at all
book skins film
A film based on a jolly good John Grisham book is fine, but I like to get a bit under the skin
thinking actors opinion
I think that most actors don't have very good opinions of themselves
beautiful moving people
French women have been made beautiful by the French people - they're very aware of their bodies, the way they move and speak, they're very confident of their sexuality. French society's made them like that
women eye reason
One of the reasons I don't see eye to eye with Women's Lib is that women have it all on a plate if only they knew it. They don't have to be pretty either.
fashion perception important
Fashion is not trivial. It's a huge industry and a big part of our lives. Fashion is about us - how we look and present ourselves, how we can change ourselves, and our perceptions. You can dress up to be quite glorious creatures - it's all a very important part of life.
thinking theatre roles
I got the O.B.E because I represent England outside of England more...but thinking of me as an actor, I haven't done all the classical theatre, all the great roles. Think of Helen Mirren and me. Helen, who I adore, is a friend - should be Dame. I am the rebel, the revolutionary on the side.
girlfriend thinking competition
Close girlfriends I don't have necessarily, as an actress. Perhaps there is a thing of competition there, you know, when you're doing the same things, and you're the same age. I could be with younger actors, but woman of my age probably - there is and there isn't, one doesn't like to think of it, but I think there is a sense of competition. Which is good, also.