88 Quotes by Clemence Poesy

I just wear jeans, big motorcycle boots and T-shirts that are way too big for me. I like anything that has lived a little bit, that has traces of life on it. Knitwear that’s a tiny bit too long because you’ve pulled it with your hands, or jeans that are starting to get holes.

I think denim is something everyone feels comfortable in. It’s kind of my uniform, really.

I think the people we meet in life and the loves of our lives are very, very important in what we become, like change us – when it’s right, probably change us for the best.

I feel so lucky that I live in a society that lets women be. I think that’s the one of the biggest fights to keep having, is to fight for women to have the right to live their life the way they want to live it.

I am interested in costume. Clothes in your daily life are important: your choices say something about you, even if what they’re saying is about non-choice. And what you wear in a film is crucial.

I actually don’t trust anyone who tells me they don’t like New York.

You have to encourage people not to give in to the temptation to be normal, even if it isn’t easy – because when you’re young, you really want to belong.

Once I caught my dad in front of the TV watching a tennis match, and I realized they were tricking us. Poor guy, he had to sneak in a tennis final – probably the French Open.

My mother kept alive the best part for my sister and me. At the same time, she’s always been someone who’s very straight and solid, which wasn’t that -common in families with “‘68er” parents.