Jane Birkin quotes

Jane Birkin was an English actress, singer, and style icon, recognized for her influential roles in European cinema. Her collaboration with Serge Gainsbourg produced iconic music and shaped pop culture in the 1960s and 70s. She left a lasting legacy in fashion, music, and film. Here are 18 of her quotes:

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. (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. View quote
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Keep smiling - it takes 10 years off! View quote
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If you fall in love with a country and its people, that makes any country warm to you. View quote
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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. View quote
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People always like things that seem exotic. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. (Jane Birkin)
I put some red stuff on my mouth and cheeks so I look healthy - any old red lip pencil and a lip colour from Dr. Hauschka in a crushed berry tone. I never put anything on my eyes, or I look like Joan Crawford. View quote
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Big Ben... hearing the chimes makes me feel at home. View quote
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I'd rather live on my own than live with a face that looks at me with the wrong eyes. View quote
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I feel most comfortable in an old pair of jeans, Converse, and a man's jersey. My best friend cuts my hair with kitchen scissors. View quote
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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. View quote
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It's usually a jolly good trick to pick up a local tour guide. They can tell you all the anecdotes that make a place interesting. I'm one for rushing off to museums at the crack of dawn, eating fabulous things on terraces for lunch, and enjoying long dinners on balmy evenings. View quote
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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. View quote
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Jane Birkin

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Occupation: English Actress
Born: December 14, 1946
Died: July 16, 2023
Quotes count: 18