Charlotte Rampling

“There's always a side of me that's in turmoil.”

“Choose your director, choose your director, and choose your director.”

“I have always been a loner. I have a great capacity to be alone.”

“I don't know if it's a rebellion, but I'm less vibrant than my father.”

“I'm rather a chameleon.”

“I'm not a boxy person. I can't be put in a box.”

“I don't want to be made to look easy to understand.”

“I generally don't say I'm not going to do something.”

“You have to be very mean to get a laugh. It's a question of timing.”

“I am a European actress. I am not an American actress.”

“I like being a woman, even in a man's world. After all, men can't wear dresses, but we can wear the pants.”

“It's about the risk, that's the thing. It's not about the safety of it.”

“I feel that I'm not on the same level as other people of my age, not because I'm better, but because I have a particular story.”

“I am fascinated by the complexity of human beings.”

“When you are a great star, you are a great star. It's not a question of how much you are paid.”

“I've always been a bit of a maverick, a bit of a rebel.”

“Ageing is a terrible thing. I'm telling you.”

“I'm not interested in playing the victim. I'm not a victim.”

“I think the camera is a wonderful machine for looking at a face.”

“What I look for in a role is the soul of a person.”