I'm horrified most of the time. I wish it was more complicated, but at the same time, each time I try to complicate it I hate it because I hate the idea of writing to impress. Lou Doillon More Quotes by Lou Doillon More Quotes From Lou Doillon I love acting; I love movie sets and movies, but, at the same time, there's something about the position of women in that world that frightens me a lot. I find it nearly inhuman to be an actress. Lou Doillon actingmovie-loveworld It is impossible for me to get involved in films that I don't like, so I just wait for a project that really tickles my fancy. Lou Doillon fancywaitingimpossible I've always found that fashion is, first of all, mainly for yourself. So my two icons are, on one side, Little Edie from 'Grey Gardens' and, of course, like all my generation, I'm influenced by Kate Moss. Lou Doillon fashiongardentwo Singing is the rawest thing. Having been naked in films or naked in photo shoots, it's nothing compared to singing. It's absolute nakedness. You are stripped bare! Lou Doillon nakedsingingfilm Acting seems much easier than singing, in fact, because you are putting on a costume - whereas here you are taking everything off. Lou Doillon costumessingingacting I hate short hair on men - the 'real' man is something I don't know. My dad was always playing with hairbands, making rings, while the women were wearing jeans, white T-shirts and Converse. That was the uniform at home. Lou Doillon dadhatereal I'm in my father's car at age 9 or 10 crying to Leonard Cohen's 'Famous Blue Raincoat,' thinking that you could write nearly a love letter to a man who betrayed you by having an affair with your wife. I was thinking how wonderful and pure music can be for explaining situations. Lou Doillon writingmenfather There's something I find highly embarrassing about it. As soon as I think I've written something smart, the next day I've got nausea, thinking, "Don't even try to be smart, it's absurd." Lou Doillon next-daysmartthinking Singing is the rawest thing. Having been naked in films or naked in photo shoots, it's nothing compared to singing. It's absolute nakedness. You are stripped bare! It's very strange. Acting seems much easier, in fact, because you are putting on a costume - whereas here you are taking everything off. Lou Doillon singingstrangeacting I always have lipstick, and use the same lipstick for my cheeks as blush, so that it looks very natural. It's a good trick I learned from my mother. I like NYX or MAC because they have a lot of pigment and they're matte. Lou Doillon usemotherlooks I like costumes. I am always dressing up - I'm very English like that. Lou Doillon dressing-updressingscostumes I was such a tomboy. I had absolutely no bosom, and I wore my hair really short - shaved, like a boy. Lou Doillon really-shorthairboys There is a thing where I get scared watching other people, and really realize, My God, their happy lives are going to stop. Sometimes you feel that people have 19 jokers in their back pocket and, because of the way they're living, you're like, Do you know that this is not going to happen over and over again forever? Lou Doillon foreverhappy-lifepeople I have a huge scarf from Hermes that I bought the day I signed my record deal. I had never had an Hermes scarf. And I ran to buy one, thinking, Now, this is a symbol, I need one, I need an Hermes scarf, which actually now Im quite embarrassed about. Most of the time I twist it so much that no one notices it, and just bundle it around me. Lou Doillon twistsneedsthinking I always lived with guitarists. When they would leave, I would just pick up their acoustic guitars and start doing finger picking and write. Lou Doillon acousticsguitarwriting The more you’re writing absolutely honestly, and absolutely bare of intention - even if it feels absolutely personal and small because it’s at your own scale - other people relate to it much more. Lou Doillon intentionwritingpeople There's so many good books, but I'm always like, "I'm sorry, I have five more Faulkners to read, I can't be bothered." Most of the time when you try, you fall on the wrong one. Lou Doillon sorrybookfall As soon as it's behind computers and machines, which the majority of the planet loves, I find it cold. I need to hear breathing. I like the idea of the mic being a captation of everything that's happening around. Lou Doillon breathingmajorityideas I was raised by muses. Women who had men in awe of them and who wrote them movies and wrote them music. Lou Doillon museawemen What I realized is that the desire for making 'Places' came from the fact that I've got this strange situation with having been born in the glitter, born on the other side of the mirror that everyone fantasizes about. Lou Doillon mirrorssidesdesire
