Vanessa Paradis Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
To be honest, it's easier for me to speak with an American accent.
-
I look back on some of my outfits, and I'm like: 'Why did I wear that? Where are my friends and why didn't they tell me not to leave the house?' If they had, I probably would've said, 'You don't know what you're talking about. This looks amazing.'
-
The Kiss scene was attempted three times. The first was in a peculiar spot of the fort on the ground level. It felt forced to me, and I knew right away that, in spite of what others were saying, it was dead wrong.
-
I get motivated by the fact people are following me, that they want a photo or say 'vamos' or 'Canelo.'
-
People desire power. I don't know why they want it so. It seems to me it implies a hugely superior intellect which separates them from most of the populace.
-
I think shortly after I got signed, it just started to dawn on me that I had something to say and that Yahweh put something in my heart to share with the world.
-
I think with girlfriends, you always want your girlfriends to make the decisions for themselves, not based on a boy, not based on anything other than, 'Is this what you want?' Is this you know what you want to do?' And that's real support to me.
-
It seemed to me that the real philosophical breakthroughs of the 20th century were in terms of the understanding of language. What is language? Where does it come from, how does it work, what does it do?
-
An actor is somebody who communicates someone else's words and emotions to an audience. It's not me. It's what writers want me to be.
-
For me, being a mum has been a really, really instinctive thing.
-
I get so excited when a song I wrote that's very personal to me goes No. 1 and I look down and see people singing the words back to me.
-
Every story I create, creates me. I write to create myself.
-
I like to put a stake in people, because I know people helped me.
-
If my own current husband was suddenly a stay-at-home dad, it would be emasculating. That would be hard for me.
-
I was a fan of One Direction when I was 16, but I was also a fan of Bring Me The Horizon and hardcore bands.
-
My character in 'Batman v Superman' isn't supposed to be Japanese, but director Zack Snyder said he'd seen me in 'Wolverine' and had to get me in the film somehow. Hearing that was like music to my ears.
-
I never really wanted kids. I didn't not want them, but motherhood just wasn't something that pulled at me.
-
I'm not a natural performer or exhibitionist. When I was younger, I hated the focus, and it made me feel strange.
-
My worst date would be with someone nervous who has nothing to say. I like people who inspire me.
-
I've always been motivated more by negative comments than by positive ones. I know what I do well. Tell me what I don't do well.
-
There is no 'natural' order, only the way things are.
-
I think people are always able to achieve more than they think they can. While that's cliche, I don't know if managers think about that enough. You have to set your sights extremely high.
-
We secretly believe that if only we achieve some elusive goal - fitting into a pair of skinny jeans, or redoing our kitchen or getting that promotion - that it will make us happy. But the pain of our insecurity is hidden in all that racing around.
-
It amuses me when I'm described as 'chic.'
