71 Quotes by Jane Birkin

I love the French very much, and I think they know that. I've been adopted here. They treat me as one of their own.

Jacques Doillon wanted me to be in his film, 'La Fille Prodigue,' and there I was, expecting, for some reason, this great bearded man, when a splendid looking red-Indian style man appeared at my door. I said no to his film because I knew that if I said yes, I would run off with him.

I colour my hair mousy brown and I wear makeup only on stage. I use Laura Mercier - something called Biscuit, I think. I run one tiny sponge over my face and cover the red blotches. If I've got some rouge, I'll bung it on my mouth and cheeks.

I'd rather live on my own than live with a face that looks at me with the wrong eyes.

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.

At school, I used to hear, 'You're a half-caste.' They'd laugh at my figure and say, 'Are you a boy or a girl?'

My distinguishing feature is the gap between my teeth. I had to wear a brace because my teeth used to stick out like guns from a fortress.

When I arrived in France aged 20, I marched against the death penalty, which was an unpopular thing to protest against at the time.

I don't like getting older, but there's nothing I can do. Hitting 60 wasn't great, but I think I was lucky in not being that beautiful; it can be really cruel on people who have been stunning.