A biography for Brigitte Bardothasn’t been written yet.
“What does it mean, being a woman?”
“Only idiots refuse to change their minds.”
“I am typically French.”
“I mourn the fact that my beautiful country has deteriorated in every way.”
“I live the life of a farmer. I don't see how I could wear Lagerfeld's designs while feeding my goats. I have respect for Lagerfeld as a man, but I would have so much more for him if he, in turn, respected animals. We do not live in the same world.”
“Have you ever heard of a good marriage growing in front of the cameras?”
“I have been very happy, very rich, very beautiful, much adulated, very famous and very unhappy.”
“A photograph can be an instant of life captured for eternity that will never cease looking back at you.”
“I was afraid of not living up to what people expected me to be.”
“James Stewart was so kind and considerate and had such personal integrity.”
“I know it's horrible to have to admit that, but I'm not adult enough to take care of a child.”
“I don't feel old or used up, and I don't have time to waste thinking about aging, because I live only for my cause.”
“Animals have never betrayed me. They are an easy prey, as I have been throughout my career. So we feel the same. I love them.”
“I absolutely loathe luxury. It is the one thing I cannot stand.”
“I left a world in which I was a queen to enter one in which I'm a human being.”
“I leave before being left. I decide.”
“No matter whether it's someone from the political left or right, we just need a voice to stand up and defend animal rights.”
“I was just a cheap little starlet hardly acting at all in a very mediocre film.”
“I gave my beauty and my youth to men. I am going to give my wisdom and experience to animals.”
“לעולם אינני עושה דבר בדרך מקרה.”