One of the reasons I don't see eye to eye with Women's Lib is that women have it all on a plate if only they knew it. They don't have to be pretty either. Charlotte Rampling More Quotes by Charlotte Rampling More Quotes From Charlotte Rampling If words don't have vibration behind them, and a real feeling behind them, then they're just words. Charlotte Rampling vibrations real feelings I can occupy myself quite easily with what's going on inside me. Charlotte Rampling i-can 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 inner-strength cutting people Ever since I was a small child, Ive had this feeling - its in my nature, and so its not even pretentious - that if everyones going one way, I will go the other, just by some kind of spirit of defiance. Charlotte Rampling feelings children way What beauty brings is huge. It brings great privilege, great power and potential to do many things. If you are beautiful, doors open for you; people smile at you; you are accepted in places where others aren't. So the relationship that people have with beauty, in a sense, is almost deforming. Charlotte Rampling doors beautiful people You go though a period of immense pain when reality meets the dream. Charlotte Rampling pain dream reality European films were what it was about for me - the sensations I needed, the depth, the storytelling, the characters, the directors, and the freedom that you can't really find in American films Charlotte Rampling depth character directors 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. Charlotte Rampling fashion perception important There's always a time for change, and you should never be frightened of it. Charlotte Rampling time-for-a-change frightened should I think you have to earn beauty. You can use it or abuse it however you want when you`re young. It`s a God-given gift. You have a visiting card - you can go into any room and someone will come and talk to you. But I`ve always thought from very early on that you have to be careful with that - not being vain or narcissistic. Have fun, but don`t be obsessed with it. Charlotte Rampling abuse fun thinking Quite often in life, when a tragic event arrives it becomes a springboard for mirroring all other things in one's life that one hasn't come to terms with. Charlotte Rampling tragic events term I can be seen as not being very communicative, or rather mysterious, or distant, or rather cold - all those things. Yeah, I know I can give off that impression. So I am that, too. Charlotte Rampling mysterious cold giving We all have loads of information. What an actor does is bring it to the surface. I jump without a net because that's how I am. The information comes out because I am brave enough to allow it. I'm not brave as a human being in everyday life. I'm brave when I'm acting. Charlotte Rampling everyday acting brave Training is fabulous because it gives you a basis, a strong structure, so that when you're unbelievably nervous and you think that you can't get a word out, you will get the word out. Charlotte Rampling strong giving thinking 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. Charlotte Rampling difficult taught grieving 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 Charlotte Rampling alive nice process By trying to control everything we become very neurotic, more and more desperate. It's a huge tragic thing. Charlotte Rampling tragic desperate trying When I moved to Paris in the '70s, there wasn't very much going on in film in England. So when I started doing French films, there was a natural movement toward the kind of films I wanted to do. It wasn't the reason I came, but it so happened that I stepped into a time and place that actually corresponded to what I wanted. That sometimes happens in life. And it was rather beautiful. Charlotte Rampling paris england beautiful There are moments when things just break apart and not really for very valid reasons, either. But they just change your life and make you go in different directions. Charlotte Rampling changing-your-life different moments I am not qualified to be a Dame. To be Dame you have to represent England in a way that I don't. Charlotte Rampling dames england way
