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“You decide to give your trust over to somebody. And if you don't decide to, then for me, it's really not worth going into collective enterprises; you should just work alone.”
“I was very friendly with Jimi Hendrix because my boyfriend at the time, Tommy Weber, was making a film about him, so I would go to all of his shows.”
“Ever since I was a small child, I've had this feeling - it's in my nature, and so it's not even pretentious - that if everyone's going one way, I will go the other, just by some kind of spirit of defiance.”
“If you want to paint the inner life, you paint it from the exterior. From the exterior, you breathe the inner life into your painting.”
“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.”
“I'm very flattered to be called a style icon! But it's simple, my style; it's just men's suits and shoes. That's the basic premise.”
“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.”
“Fashion is not trivial. It's a huge industry and a big part of our lives. Fashion is about us - how we look and present ourselves, how we can change ourselves, and our perceptions. You can dress up to be quite glorious creatures - it's all a very important part of life.”
“I don't want to play everything. So I'll seek out roles that I'll say, 'This is edgy. This is fun. This is wicked. This suits me.'”
“I am actually a very unspeaking person. I'm not really good in social situations. People expect me to be more outgoing. I don't know why. They think I have this kind of assurance.”
“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.”
“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.”
“I did that film just so I could kiss Robert Redford.”
“When people want to see your film, you're over the moon because you've actually made real contact. That's something very special.”
“If words don't have vibration behind them, and a real feeling behind them, then they're just words.”
“It's sort of fun. If someone's eyeballing you, it makes you feel good.”
“I must explore desert ground and see what can grow. But there are limits. I know in my heart what I would never do.”
“You cannot watch yourself dispassionately.”
“Go out there and try on everything - short skirts, long skirts, mid length, little jackets, men's clothing - and really look at yourself; really walk around in the clothes. Don't just take someone else's advice. You must feel you in these clothes and feel what it's like to live in them.”
“Doing cinema is not about watching yourself.”