124 Quotes by Charlotte Rampling

Quite often in life, when a tragic event arrives it becomes a springboard for mirroring all other things in one’s life that one hasn’t come to terms with.

I’d had a French education for three years, my father being in the army. From 9 to 12, I went to French school. I’ve been sort of part of the culture, part of the geography, since I was quite young – the imprint was there. And I loved it.

I am fascinated by the whole process of what it’s like to be alive, whether it’s unbelievably uncomfortable and horrible or whether it’s quite nice.

I felt very special in Paris, more special than I felt in London. I love London for different reasons. I’ve always been close to London, being English. But somehow there’s something special about living as an Englishwoman in Paris.

You can’t fool an audience with lots of bits and pieces. You have to lead them somewhere.

I am not qualified to be a Dame. To be Dame you have to represent England in a way that I don’t.

To grieve is something extremely difficult, we don’t even know how to begin to grieve, and I don’t know how you can be taught to grieve.

You give, actually, what you have in your inner world through your emotion and feeling. That’s what you can give; it’s not so much about “acting” in a sense of playing something that’s very different to you.

I know a lot about fear in itself, and lived with fear a lot. Lived with anxiety a lot, lived with the things that – most human beings, at some stage in their lives, are going to live with these feelings.