Post by marie on Aug 10, 2006 20:44:14 GMT -5
"The only thing I want to say is, I know I'm not Einstein, but I'm not the Queen of the Imbeciles either."
"The thing with me is I am neither a singer nor an actress. I sing, but I don 't know how to sing. I act, but I don't know how to act. What I've done up until now has been on sheer instinct."
"I entered into this profession very naive, filled with wonder, big round eyes and all that. I quickly realized that in France, when you're young and have a lot of success, people don't like that."
"I am at an age where everything's ambiguous: for some, I'm still a small girl, for others, a woman. An idiot or one who understands a lot."
"The Cesar, it's important. But the Victoire, it was revenge. It's the world that had rejected me, which told me I was a piece of nuts, that I had nothing to do with them."
"In the apartment, there are three motorcycles. I'd save the music and the motorcycles."
"I'm still seen as a sexy Lolita. I'm bored of this. People in France realize I have something to say, but it's harder in English, I don't feel I can so articulate."
"I really admire Marilyn Monroe. First, because she's beautiful, but also for what's inside. She was so fragile, so emotional."
"Everybody's always talking about how you have to prove yourself to everybody, blah-blah-blah, but first of all I have to prove myself to me."
"It's unbearable to have to perpetually justify yourself as a human being. My goal is to be recognized, not as a sex-symbol, but as somebody who does interesting things."
"That’s the power of music—you can create so many different kinds of emotions and moods with it. As a singer, it’s easy to reinvent yourself each time you make an album."
"For books, I'm waiting till I'm old. I'm delighted by looking forward to having all these marvelous literary works to discover in front of the fire, starting around 2040, 2050."
"There are people who do it to be "rich and famous." That's what really frightens me. Money, that's good, certainly, it makes life easy. But fame, even with its advantages, it terrorizes me."
"Yes, "bliss," that's the perfect happiness, yes, that's what this album is all about, yes, that is the core of my thoughts and my songs."
"You might have beautiful things in you, but if nobody's there to make you think you're worth it and you're beautiful and smart and funny, then those things are just underneath the clouds."
"I hate those who spend 3 hours in front of the mirror. I like the allure that emanates from an outfit put together without deep thought."
"My identity, here, is above all Mom. My life has the rhythm of dance lessons, art classes, doctor visits, trips to the parks, their friends. A kind of live in a bubble, focused on my family."
"I won’t define myself, huh! When I fill out the airline papers, I put “singer,” ok!"
"I love to dress up but the idea of that red carpet scares me so much. It's like being an animal in a cage at the zoo."
"The thing with me is I am neither a singer nor an actress. I sing, but I don 't know how to sing. I act, but I don't know how to act. What I've done up until now has been on sheer instinct."
"I entered into this profession very naive, filled with wonder, big round eyes and all that. I quickly realized that in France, when you're young and have a lot of success, people don't like that."
"I am at an age where everything's ambiguous: for some, I'm still a small girl, for others, a woman. An idiot or one who understands a lot."
"The Cesar, it's important. But the Victoire, it was revenge. It's the world that had rejected me, which told me I was a piece of nuts, that I had nothing to do with them."
"In the apartment, there are three motorcycles. I'd save the music and the motorcycles."
"I'm still seen as a sexy Lolita. I'm bored of this. People in France realize I have something to say, but it's harder in English, I don't feel I can so articulate."
"I really admire Marilyn Monroe. First, because she's beautiful, but also for what's inside. She was so fragile, so emotional."
"Everybody's always talking about how you have to prove yourself to everybody, blah-blah-blah, but first of all I have to prove myself to me."
"It's unbearable to have to perpetually justify yourself as a human being. My goal is to be recognized, not as a sex-symbol, but as somebody who does interesting things."
"That’s the power of music—you can create so many different kinds of emotions and moods with it. As a singer, it’s easy to reinvent yourself each time you make an album."
"For books, I'm waiting till I'm old. I'm delighted by looking forward to having all these marvelous literary works to discover in front of the fire, starting around 2040, 2050."
"There are people who do it to be "rich and famous." That's what really frightens me. Money, that's good, certainly, it makes life easy. But fame, even with its advantages, it terrorizes me."
"Yes, "bliss," that's the perfect happiness, yes, that's what this album is all about, yes, that is the core of my thoughts and my songs."
"You might have beautiful things in you, but if nobody's there to make you think you're worth it and you're beautiful and smart and funny, then those things are just underneath the clouds."
"I hate those who spend 3 hours in front of the mirror. I like the allure that emanates from an outfit put together without deep thought."
"My identity, here, is above all Mom. My life has the rhythm of dance lessons, art classes, doctor visits, trips to the parks, their friends. A kind of live in a bubble, focused on my family."
"I won’t define myself, huh! When I fill out the airline papers, I put “singer,” ok!"
"I love to dress up but the idea of that red carpet scares me so much. It's like being an animal in a cage at the zoo."