Charlotte Gainsbourg

I still find it hard to push my own limits. I know where my limits are and that I always have to push myself. ”

The more you turn down things, the more difficult it becomes to feel that the next one will be right. ”

It's nice that we have all these different films. ”

Wanting to do it was much more powerful than the fright. ”

There were always questions about my parents; I got so fed up with that. ”

The English was really my mother, it was never me. Being the daughter of my father, I always felt very French. ”

Letting go of things and not being afraid of being ridiculous or over the top - I think that's the main thing for me to work on. ”

I used to hate being recognised. ”

I couldn't do anything else, I enjoy it so much. But I find it tough. ”

You think that being a girl is degrading, but secretly, you'd love to know what it's like, wouldn't you? ”