I can occupy myself quite easily with what's going on inside me. Charlotte Rampling More Quotes by Charlotte Rampling More Quotes From Charlotte Rampling Close girlfriends I don't have necessarily, as an actress. Perhaps there is a thing of competition there, you know, when you're doing the same things, and you're the same age. I could be with younger actors, but woman of my age probably - there is and there isn't, one doesn't like to think of it, but I think there is a sense of competition. Which is good, also. Charlotte Rampling competitiongirlfriendthinking You cannot watch yourself dispassionately. Charlotte Rampling watches I must explore desert ground and see what can grow. But there are limits. I know in my heart what I would never do. Charlotte Rampling desertlimitsheart 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. Charlotte Rampling actingfeelingsgiving You don't need the painful memories, because either you've resolved them. Denying always makes them want to come back. Denial is a mechanism that doesn't work. But allowing them to come back in little by little, those memories, you can begin to be quite comfortable with them, and it's even nice to have that as part of the map of your life. Charlotte Rampling denialnicememories Because one has the animal instinct to seek out the people that suits one - you see people that go on life's journeys and get muddled along the way. If you look at their lives they've always gone with the wrong people... can you say it's the wrong people - I don't know. Charlotte Rampling journeyanimalpeople I've always been monogamous - [within it] I've been in love with people, but very platonically. For me, monogamous love is about learning how to be able to trust someone completely; so you need to be able to think you can trust them. But that doesn't mean you can't have extraordinary feelings for other people and not feel guilty about them, but not necessarily go and wreck marriages and consummate, and you don't have to do all that. Charlotte Rampling love-ismeanthinking Painting and photography keep the creative channel open, and for an actor, it's to keep alive, it's to keep awake, it's to keep watching, it's to keep feeling, it's to keep enjoying, to keep that sensuality of feeling alive. Charlotte Rampling feelingpaintingphotographycreative I remember my father saying to me once, 'I finally know how to describe you, Charlotte. You're prickly.' And he was right - prickly is a very good description. If I had to be an animal, I'd probably be a porcupine. Charlotte Rampling goodmeyoufather My style very much leans towards the masculine, but I think I am feminine in it - I like the feminine body in masculine shapes. The androgynous look suits me. Charlotte Rampling i-amlookmestyle For an actor, if you're not doing a job, you can't just practice acting. Your instrument is your whole person. Charlotte Rampling doingjobyoupractice I was incredibly fatalistic. I just thought, 'If it works, it works.' But I've always been like that. I've never been easily impressed, and I've never thought I didn't deserve something. If I got it, then I deserved it. Charlotte Rampling neverthoughtalwaysdeserve I think the happiest time of my life was when I was in my late teens. I was a little bit of an it-girl. Making myself seen. And it was a wonderful time to be young. Charlotte Rampling my-lifemyselftimelife I could have carried on in comedy. But my life was dark. Charlotte Rampling my-lifecomedydarklife 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. Charlotte Rampling i-amgoodmepeople
