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
cinema edge everyday life mothers played project wicked
I've played the wicked mothers; I've played the serial-killer-type mothers now. They have to have an edge on them. They can't just be everyday moms, because I never thought of myself as an everyday person in cinema - I'm an everyday person in real life, like anyone. But not in what I project out there. I want something more exciting.
breathe inner life paint
If you want to paint the inner life, you paint it from the exterior. From the exterior, you breathe the inner life into your painting.
brought dramas explosion fashion films forms life london music obviously talk time
The '60s in London obviously brought about the explosion of music, the 'Beatles' especially, and then the 'Rolling Stones' and other forms of music, and then fashion and photography and films - kitchen-sink dramas we called them at that time, which was our 'nouvelle vague' in Britain, films that talk about real life.
bit happiest life time wonderful
I think the happiest time of my life was when I was in my late teens. I was a little bit of an it-girl. Making myself seen. And it was a wonderful time to be young.
different changing-your-life moments
There are moments when things just break apart and not really for very valid reasons, either. But they just change your life and make you go in different directions.
carried life
I could have carried on in comedy. But my life was dark.
moon people
When people want to see your film, you're over the moon because you've actually made real contact. That's something very special.
careful compliments looks somebody women
We must be very careful when we say that somebody giving you compliments about your looks should be offensive. I think women really should look at why they're being offended by that.
age age-and-aging encounters men ready
There are a lot of men of the same age in the same situation, so there will always be encounters to have as long as you're ready for them.
difficulty good great gregarious love people talking
I'm not very good at talking and being with people and being gregarious and outgoing. I love people, but I have great difficulty doing it.
roles
I don't want to play everything. So I'll seek out roles that I'll say, 'This is edgy. This is fun. This is wicked. This suits me.'
remember
When I see a young girl, I can see why you would be attracted if you were a man. I remember when it was like that for me, too, and it was nice.
For an actor, if you're not doing a job, you can't just practice acting. Your instrument is your whole person.
What I am doing is not acting. I am playing myself.