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?

When you love someone, you don't want them to suffer at all.

I'm a very shy person towards my intimacy and private life.