“When I made mistakes, people used to laugh. I could have learnt better, but I've always liked to make people laugh.” PeopleMadeUsedMistakeLaughingMaking People LaughMade A MistakeI Made A Mistake Author:Jane Birkin
“I understand the joy of having a female actress like Charlotte [Gainsbourg] and watching her give everything, and be able to capture it.” GivingAbleJoyFemaleActressesCaptureCharlotte Author:Jane Birkin
“I loved having a crew. I loved being the person who woke at six in the morning and knew where to put the camera. I loved watching the actresses cry, and to know that if you were clever and didn't do too many rehearsals, that it just came that way.” IfsKnowsWayPersonsMorningCrySixCamerasActressesCleverCrewRehearsal Author:Jane Birkin
“One of the things I've discovered, thanks to the Japanese, is that you should enjoy yourself. In the old days, I used to think: 'Oh, never be satisfied, never admit to being happy.' But there's no curse in being happy.” ThinkingShouldUsedEnjoySatisfiedThanksCurseOld DaysEnjoy Yourself Author:Jane Birkin
“My look is a cocktail. I'm not as nicely turned out as the french, but I don't care like the English.” LooksCareFashionDon't CareI Don't CareCocktails Author:Jane Birkin
“I remember being married to John Barry and trying to be the best wife in the world.” WorldTryingRememberWifeMarriedBeing The BestBeing MarriedBest Wife Author:Jane Birkin
“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.” IfsKnowsLooksBoysLeague Author:Jane Birkin
“My mother was right: When you've got nothing left, all you can do is get into silk underwear and start reading Proust.” MotherReadingLeftCan DoUnderwearSilkProust Author:Jane Birkin
“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.” IfsWorldLooksMayFunWorrySittingCatIsraelBagsPalestineGreeceBeadsSticker Author:Jane Birkin
“I'd rather live on my own than live with a face that looks at me with the wrong eyes.” LooksEyeFacesMy OwnLook At Me Author:Jane Birkin
“I don't know why people keep banging on about the '60s. I was very conventional because I came from a conventional family and I didn't go off with different people - I rather wish I had now, seeing all the fun everyone else was having.” PeopleKnowsDifferentFunWishSeeingConventionalDifferent PeoplesBanging Author:Jane Birkin
“I know what it's like to have someone coming home who looks at you not in the way they used to in the old days, and I've seen my own face contorted with sadness and rage in the mirror.” KnowsWayLooksHomeFacesUsedMy OwnSadnessSadMirrorsRageComing HomeOld Days Author:Jane Birkin
“Any film I see at two o'clock in afternoon with my mother seems to cast a strange spell that means we both come out sobbing.” MeanTwoSeemsFilmMotherStrangeCastsClockSpellsAfternoonSobbing Author:Jane Birkin
“I grind my teeth and keep my thumbs in so tight that I've dislocated them, just not to scream. Sometimes as an actor one is lucky enough to be asked to scream.” SometimesEnoughActorsLuckyTeethScreamThumbsGrind Author:Jane Birkin
“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.” StoriesBoysHairLateIgnorantShort Story Author:Jane Birkin
“If you fall in love with a country and its people, that makes any country warm to you.” PeopleIfsCountryFallFalling In LoveWarm Author:Jane Birkin
“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.” WorldTakenMiseryAnother WorldDickensChuckles Author:Jane Birkin
“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.” IfsHomeCitiesRiversBoatWanderInvitesElderlyMayorsBalloons Author:Jane Birkin
“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.” TryingSometimesSchoolUsedBearsTrainScreamCarriages Author:Jane Birkin
