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
In France, you're with the crew, and you have lunch with them. It's more like a family.
Style for me is a casual way of putting something on. It's not thought out but needs to suit your way of life. Now I like wearing the same sweater over and over again, then taking it off when it's smelly.
It's nice that we have all these different films.
When you love someone, you don't want them to suffer at all.
The character is close to me, except that I haven't lived through those situations, so it's not completely me.
There were always questions about my parents; I got so fed up with that.
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.
The more you turn down things, the more difficult it becomes to feel that the next one will be right.
The more sincere I could be, the better it would be for the film.
I wasn't getting the responses I hoped for. You can't protect yourself from other judgments.
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."
At the beginning it wasn't to do with the work, it was more the experience.
Everyone gets the feeling that they know you and they know your life, and I felt really embarrassed by that.
I found it very difficult to explain to someone why you did a film. It's not like having a conversation.