Jane birkin Quotes

“French girls still have the Jane Birkin culture. You can go just like that, without makeup, without managing your hair.”

“I have never written a book about my life, despite being offered purses of gold. I made 'Boxes' because I wanted to make a sincere depiction of a daughter who has lost her father, or the jealousy one can feel towards a daughter who has become more beautiful than you and whose stepfather starts to take her shopping.”

“When I arrived in France aged 20, I marched against the death penalty, which was an unpopular thing to protest against at the time.”

“I love the Sixties with Julie Christie and Jane Birkin - those natural English beauties. That's the look that is most me, when I wore the tight-to-the knee dresses. I don't think I bleached my hair until I was 20. I like experimenting for big occasions, though. You've always got to do a bit of a number for the birthday!”