I know I have great inner strength; I always have. I can blank things out, cut people out, and I know that I can go and live in a cave on my own if necessary. Charlotte Rampling More Quotes by Charlotte Rampling More Quotes From Charlotte Rampling You can never really judge your work because once it's done, it's done. Charlotte Rampling done judging You can't fool an audience with lots of bits and pieces. You have to lead them somewhere. Charlotte Rampling audience fool pieces Cinema d'auteur, cinema about people, about emotions. About la difficulté d'être, the difficulty of being, existential problems. That's what the nouvelle vague is. The early '60s was all about that. Charlotte Rampling cinema emotion people When I take on something, I take the whole thing on. It's not even a question of separating, "Oh, am I going to be naked?" If you know you have to do something in life, for me, I go with my whole person. Charlotte Rampling naked persons whole French women have been made beautiful by the French people - they're very aware of their bodies, the way they move and speak, they're very confident of their sexuality. French society's made them like that Charlotte Rampling beautiful people moving I've lived through deaths in my family and I've lived through separations in my family so those are the big ones. Those are the ones that press the biggest buttons in human beings' lives. Charlotte Rampling buttons separation my-family The process of filmmaking is very musical, you get into the rhythm and the rhythmics of how someone is, especially with Woody Allen who is very much into body language and body movement. Charlotte Rampling movie musical actors I did that film just so I could kiss Robert Redford. Charlotte Rampling kiss-me film kissing A lot of young actors will do a scene and then run off and look at themselves. I don't believe in that at all Charlotte Rampling running believe looks A film based on a jolly good John Grisham book is fine, but I like to get a bit under the skin Charlotte Rampling film skins book I think that most actors don't have very good opinions of themselves Charlotte Rampling opinion actors thinking You become more and more charged with your life and with a life that you're observing. When I was younger, I was actually looking forward to getting older, to have more insight, more understanding. I'm much more tolerant with others and with myself. I'm not in rebellion all the time, I'm not angry so much. But all those feelings are really useful [when you're young] because they fire us, as long as they don't get out of control. Charlotte Rampling understanding fire long I know a lot about fear in itself, and lived with fear a lot. Lived with anxiety a lot, lived with the things that - most human beings, at some stage in their lives, are going to live with these feelings. Charlotte Rampling anxiety stage feelings Doing cinema is not about watching yourself Charlotte Rampling cinema The '60s in London obviously brought about the explosion of music, the Beatles especially, and then the Rolling Stones and other forms of music, and then fashion and photography and films - kitchen-sink dramas we called them at that time, which was our nouvelle vague in Britain, films that talk about real life. Charlotte Rampling fashion photography drama I regret not having enough training, I trained for a year at The Royal Court, but I very quickly went off to do films and television. Charlotte Rampling training regret years 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. Charlotte Rampling paris different special We can never know... But maybe it's because no black actors merited being nominated.Why put people into categories? Charlotte Rampling black actors people I got the O.B.E because I represent England outside of England more...but thinking of me as an actor, I haven't done all the classical theatre, all the great roles. Think of Helen Mirren and me. Helen, who I adore, is a friend - should be Dame. I am the rebel, the revolutionary on the side. Charlotte Rampling theatre roles thinking 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. And I loved it. Charlotte Rampling army father school
