THE NEW QUEEN 1987 Paris Match FR Lolita? I don't understand. That's a girl who dresses like a woman, right? I'm not like that. I dress like girls my age. SCHOOLGIRL AND MILLIONAIRE 1988 Paris Match FR I don't think I'm wasting my time at school. But I could be persuaded not to go anymore. And if I had to choose between a music career and going to school, I would not give up music. A DOUBLE LIFE 1989 Paris Match FR The only thing I want to say is, I know I'm not Einstein, but I'm not the Queen of the Imbeciles either. There. FRENCH CHILD STAR BLOOMS 1989 Toronto Star CA The thing with me is I am neither a singer nor an actress. I sing, but I don 't know how to sing. I act, but I don't know how to act. What I've done up until now has been on sheer instinct. CONVERSATIONS: VANESSA 1990 7 Jours CA I entered into this profession very naive, filled with wonder, big round eyes and all that. I quickly realized that in France, when you're young and have a lot of success, people don't like that. A REAL PRO 1990 Filles D'Ajourd'hui CA You always have to be on your guard because you never know how the media will take your remarks. VANESSA TRIUMPHS 1990 Paris Match FR I am at an age where everything's ambiguous: for some, I'm still a small girl, for others, a woman. An idiot or one who understands a lot. AND GOD CREATED VANESSA 1990 Rolling Stone FR The Cesar, it's important. But the Victoire, it was revenge. It's the world that had rejected me, which told me I was a piece of shit, that I had nothing to do with them. VANESSA PARADIS 1991 Elle FR In the apartment, there are three motorcycles. I'd save the music and the motorcycles. HOW'S THE CREME BRULEE? 1991 Interview US When people saw me on television they'd say, "This is the little girl I want to be my daughter." But I don't want to be like that, and if people are to love me they must take me like I am. LOLITA 91 1991 Sky UK It was 'orrible. Merde... it was shit. The people, they start to hate me and say bad things to me. LONELINESS OF UNLOVED LOLITA 1992 DailyMail UK You kind of forget who you really are, the real sensations, the real emotions and relationships with people. FATALE ATTRACTION 1992 The Face UK I'm still seen as a sexy Lolita. I'm bored of this. People in France realize I have something to say, but it's harder in English, I don't feel I can so articulate... BIRD OF PARADIS 1992 Flare CA Associating Paradis with Chanel would be the last thing on anybody's mind - especially mine. PARADIS FOUND 1992 Mademoiselle US I really admire Marilyn Monroe. First, because she's beautiful, but also for what's inside. She was so fragile, so emotional. PARADIS FOUND 1992 Seventeen US I'm like reborn, because nobody knows me here. I can walk around Central Park, eat a slice of pizza. In Paris, I can't really be myself - a hundred eyes are always looking at me. C'EST LA V 1992 Sky UK People in France were saying that we were having an affair but that's complete bullshit. They think that because were were in New York together for eight months there must have been something between us. A CHERUB WITH ATTITUDE 1992 Toronto Star CA I don't want to sound pretentious but ever since I was tiny people have said, "Oh, isn't she pretty?" It became embarrassing. HIP CHICK 1992 YM US It was my singing and acting that led me to work with Chanel. I had already done two albums and one film before that happened. You Americans just know me as the Coco girl because you don't know me. ADULT DEBUT 1993 Gazette CA Everybody's always talking about how you have to prove yourself to everybody, blah-blah-blah, but first of all I have to prove myself to me. OTHER SIDE OF PARADIS 1992 Washington Post US People always think they are the only ones. That I owe them something. That I belong to them. It's more in France than anywhere else, because I'm French and people think I'm their thing. LIKE EVERYONE ELSE 1994 7 Jours CA I tell myself: "I do what I do for the good people, the honest people." So, you want to speak, to let you yourself go, open your heart. PARADIS IS A PARADOX 1995 Gazette CA I have no plans in music and no plans in movies. It's the scariest moment of my life right now. Right now I'm walking toward nothing. AND VANESSA CREATED WOMAN 1995 Max FR It's unbearable to have to perpetually justify yourself as a human being. My goal is to be recognized, not as a sex-symbol, but as somebody who does interesting things. STAR IN SPACE 1996 Scanorama NO That’s the power of music—you can create so many different kinds of emotions and moods with it. As a singer, it’s easy to reinvent yourself each time you make an album. TO PLAY A MOTHER 1997 Le Figaro FR This time, the character I play is not an agressive teenager who must defend herself against everything. It's a woman, a mother, full of life, and is good deep down in her soul. A difficult role. IF I WAS AN ANGEL 1998 Elle FR All that it the past, when I was spit on or my hair was pulled. And, you know, you can also show your tits and please some women... BETWEEN HER PROTECTORS 1998 Le Figaro FR I am very respectful of conquered territory. They have two exceptional wives. I don't think lightly of that. Now, if they were not married... BABYDOLL SUPERSTAR 1998 Paris Match FR For books, I'm waiting till I'm old. I'm delighted by looking forward to having all these marvelous literary works to discover in front of the fire, starting around 2040, 2050... FAME TERRORIZES ME 1999 Le Figaro FR There are people who do it to be "rich and famous." That's what really frightens me. Money, that's good, certainly, it makes life easy. But fame, even with its advantages, it terrorizes me. PARADIS FOUND 1999 The Scotsman UK People despised me when Joe le Taxi sold two million copies and reached number two in your country. But for the last few years I've been in charge of the rhythm, instead of feeling I have to rush off and try everything. LOVE LOOKS GOOD ON HER 2000 Elle FR Yes, "bliss," that's the perfect happiness, yes, that's what this album is all about, yes, that is the core of my thoughts and my songs. THIS SIDE OF PARADIS 2000 Elle US There's a basketball court at the recording studio, and I've been trying to play between sessions - but I suck. PARADIS 2000 Express FR Tears were ready to pour. But no way was I going to give them that pleasure. I AM HAPPY! 2000 Le Figaro FR There was something in me that pushed me to make all these songs like a photo-album, a reflection of my life that I wanted to show. VANESSA! 2000 Gear US It's better to be with someone insufferable who, out of the blue, will make the magnificent gesture. HER PERFECT ROLE? You might have beautiful things in you, but if nobody's there to make you think you're worth it and you're beautiful and smart and funny, then those things are just underneath the clouds. FOR GOD'S SAKE DON'T JUMP 2000 Men Journal US I speak a good English, but I got a hard time understanding Bob Dylan, and people have been crazy about Bob Dylan for years. DEPP AND MEANINGFUL 2000 Sun Herald AUS Here in America, am I really so important? I don't think so. BACK ON STAGE 2001 Eurostar UK I work on the assumption that people who are stupid don't necessarily realise it. So it's hard to judge one's good points. FOR THE LOVE OF VANESSA 2001 Hello UK When you're 80 years old, what's going to be left around you? Your work isn't going to be so important; everything you've done isn't going to be so important. What is going to be important is that there are people to hold your hand. MY BELOVED AND I 2001 Paris Match FR I can't resist the pleasure of speaking about us. When you're in love, when you're very happy, you want to shout it from all the rooftops. VANESSA'S FASHION LESSON 2003 Elle FR I hate those who spend 3 hours in front of the mirror. I like the allure that emanates from an outfit put together without deep thought. MA VIE EN ROSE 2003 Elle UK He's my Prince Charming, the man of my life, my best friend. He's everything I dream of, everything I want, everything I need. Our story is a mix of love and friendship. I feel that nobody has a love like ours! CLOSER TO PARADISE 2004 Elle FR My identity, here, is above all Mom. My life has the rhythm of dance lessons, art classes, doctor visits, trips to the parks, their friends. A kind of live in a bubble, focused on my family. PARADIS FOUND 2004 Sunday Times UK My life is away from silly magazines, which are good for one thing — making fires. C DU CINEMA TV SPECIAL 2004 Canal+ FR I won’t define myself, huh! When I fill out the airline papers, I put “singer,” ok! TO BE A MOTHER 2004 Le Matin SW I believe that I am less selfish and egocentrical than I was at a certain period. ATOMIK CIRCUS INTERVIEW 2004 Official Site FR I like being part of adventures that impassion me, that burn me with joy, happiness. I don’t do a lot of films and when I do one, I want to really have fun. PARADISE, IT'S HELL! 2004 Premiere FR On a set, your are on holidays from your own personality. There is a sort of forgetness and rest of the spirit. VANESSA PARADIS 2004 Paris Match FR These everyday women who only have their body and their generosity to have a good life and provide a good life to all the peoplke thay are in charge of, that really impresses me. LOOKING GOOD MRS JOHNNY DEPP 2005 Grazia UK I love to dress up but the idea of that red carpet scares me so much. 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