Jane Birkin
Jane Birkin
Jane Mallory Birkin, OBE is an English actress and singer based in France. She is perhaps best known for her relationship with Serge Gainsbourg in the 1970s and being the namesake of the popular Hermès Birkin bag. In recent years she has written her own album, directed a film and become an outspoken proponent of democracy in Myanmar...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth14 December 1946
school trying bears
When I was at school I used to scream in trains, in those concertina things between the carriages. I used to try to be so good that sometimes I couldn't bear it any more.
taken world misery
I love Dickens because it makes me chuckle to myself so. He has taken me to another world and out of so many earthly miseries.
boys hair ignorant
Robert Louis Stevenson... I'm focusing on the late short stories that I was ignorant of. I always thought he was a boys' author, but he's not at all.
home elderly cities
If I were mayor, I'd invite everyone to have free boat trips on the river and free balloon rides over the city. I'd let the elderly in residential homes wander free.
people exotic seems
People always like things that seem exotic.
thinking muse
I didn't really think of myself as being a muse.
country falling-in-love people
If you fall in love with a country and its people, that makes any country warm to you.
fun cat israel
There's no fun in a bag if it's not kicked around, so that it looks as if the cat's been sitting on it-and it usually has. The cat may even be in it! I always put on stickers and beads and worry beads. You can get them from Greece, Israel, Palestine-from anywhere in the world. I always hang things on my bags because I don't like them looking like everyone else's.
boys league looks
Everything I wear doesnt put me in the league of women. If I were a boy, I could look a lot prettier than a lot of boys I know.
mistake laughing people
When I made mistakes, people used to laugh. I could have learnt better, but I've always liked to make people laugh.
fashion care cocktails
My look is a cocktail. I'm not as nicely turned out as the french, but I don't care like the English.
eye faces looks
I'd rather live on my own than live with a face that looks at me with the wrong eyes.
mother reading underwear
My mother was right: When you've got nothing left, all you can do is get into silk underwear and start reading Proust.
want boring easy
But who wants an easy life ? It's boring !