--- title: "7 French Quotes By Lou Doillon" description: "7 French quotes by Lou Doillon. Plus more from Lou Doillon and more French sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7da/lou-doillon-10638_acting_i-ve-always-had-a-strange-acting-life-i_344129.jpg" --- > [I've always had a strange acting life. I'm the daughter of a director, and a very French, typical director who fell in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lou-doillon/i-ve-always-had-a-strange-acting-life-i-m-the-daughter-of-a-director/) [Lou Doillon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lou-doillon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7da/lou-doillon-10638_acting_i-ve-always-had-a-strange-acting-life-i_344129.jpg) > [The French press can be very harsh, and the one thing they can't bear is multi-tasking. They despise it to the highest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lou-doillon/the-french-press-can-be-very-harsh-and-the-one-thing-they-can-t-bear/) [Lou Doillon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lou-doillon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c44/lou-doillon-10638_age_the-french-press-can-be-very-harsh-and-t_512777.jpg) > [The silhouette is the most important thing in clothes. Every French girl knows that. High-waisted trousers give you long legs and a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lou-doillon/the-silhouette-is-the-most-important-thing-in-clothes-every-french/) [Lou Doillon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lou-doillon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d6/lou-doillon-10638_after_the-silhouette-is-the-most-important-thi_1065562.jpg) > [The English and Japanese are the most inventive dressers in the world, but French girls are the most beautiful. I am still…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lou-doillon/the-english-and-japanese-are-the-most-inventive-dressers-in-the-world/) [Lou Doillon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lou-doillon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a47/lou-doillon-10638_according_the-english-and-japanese-are-the-most-in_1931746.jpg) > [I always loved singing, but I thought it was like drawing - just something you do in your own little corner to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lou-doillon/i-always-loved-singing-but-i-thought-it-was-like-drawing-just/) [Lou Doillon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lou-doillon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/350/lou-doillon-10638_always_i-always-loved-singing-but-i-thought-it_2453062.jpg) > [The whole process of music for me is something absolutely honest and really naked and bare, so I never forced myself to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lou-doillon/the-whole-process-of-music-for-me-is-something-absolutely-honest-and/) [Lou Doillon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lou-doillon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/afc/lou-doillon-10638_absolutely_the-whole-process-of-music-for-me-is-som_2463446.jpg) > [I think I was pretty much hated in France. The French press ignored me. There was a movement when the children of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lou-doillon/i-think-i-was-pretty-much-hated-in-france-the-french-press-ignored-me/) [Lou Doillon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lou-doillon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cbf/lou-doillon-10638_animosity_i-think-i-was-pretty-much-hated-in-franc_2557637.jpg) ## Other authors on French ## More by Lou Doillon > [It took me so long to get to the music, where that was what I wanted to do all my life. It took me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lou-doillon/it-took-me-so-long-to-get-to-the-music-where-that-was-what-i-wanted/) [Lou Doillon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lou-doillon/) > [My mum is deeply, deeply a man's woman, a man's muse. Maybe because I'm a kid from the '80s, I'm a bit more dominant.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lou-doillon/my-mum-is-deeply-deeply-a-man-s-woman-a-man-s-muse-maybe-because-i-m/) [Lou Doillon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lou-doillon/) > [It is impossible for me to get involved in films that I don't like, so I just wait for a project that really tickles…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lou-doillon/it-is-impossible-for-me-to-get-involved-in-films-that-i-don-t-like-so/) [Lou Doillon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lou-doillon/) > [What I realized is that the desire for making 'Places' came from the fact that I've got this strange situation with having been born…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lou-doillon/what-i-realized-is-that-the-desire-for-making-places-came-from-the/) [Lou Doillon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lou-doillon/) > [I was shocked when I looked at art schools in France. There's only one left that does anatomy. Now they do video. They do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lou-doillon/i-was-shocked-when-i-looked-at-art-schools-in-france-there-s-only-one/) [Lou Doillon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lou-doillon/) > [My mother is old-fashioned; she raised us like girls from a 19th-century book. My sisters and I are known for being the most polite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lou-doillon/my-mother-is-old-fashioned-she-raised-us-like-girls-from-a-19th/) [Lou Doillon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lou-doillon/) > [I've always had a strange acting life. I'm the daughter of a director, and a very French, typical director who fell in love with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lou-doillon/i-ve-always-had-a-strange-acting-life-i-m-the-daughter-of-a-director/) [Lou Doillon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lou-doillon/) > [Yeah, you always have to be there and remind people of you. It's complicated when you do music, or when you do anything in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lou-doillon/yeah-you-always-have-to-be-there-and-remind-people-of-you-it-s/) [Lou Doillon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lou-doillon/) > [As soon as it's behind computers and machines, which the majority of the planet loves, I find it cold. I need to hear breathing.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lou-doillon/as-soon-as-it-s-behind-computers-and-machines-which-the-majority-of/) [Lou Doillon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lou-doillon/) > [My mission is to get on the stage and say, 'Listen, I'm a woman, I'm free, I'm a mother, I'm a lover, I'm a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lou-doillon/my-mission-is-to-get-on-the-stage-and-say-listen-i-m-a-woman-i-m-free/) [Lou Doillon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lou-doillon/) > [The French press can be very harsh, and the one thing they can't bear is multi-tasking. They despise it to the highest degree, so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lou-doillon/the-french-press-can-be-very-harsh-and-the-one-thing-they-can-t-bear/) [Lou Doillon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lou-doillon/) > [I wish I could be more serious about painting. I think there may be something going on there and I should pursue it. I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lou-doillon/i-wish-i-could-be-more-serious-about-painting-i-think-there-may-be/) [Lou Doillon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lou-doillon/) > [I was such a tomboy. I had absolutely no bosom, and I wore my hair really short - shaved, like a boy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lou-doillon/i-was-such-a-tomboy-i-had-absolutely-no-bosom-and-i-wore-my-hair/) [Lou Doillon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lou-doillon/) > [There is a thing where I get scared watching other people, and really realize, My God, their happy lives are going to stop. Sometimes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lou-doillon/there-is-a-thing-where-i-get-scared-watching-other-people-and-really/) [Lou Doillon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lou-doillon/) > [I have a strong and strange character, and I've rarely met directors who knew what to do with this character. One of the few…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lou-doillon/i-have-a-strong-and-strange-character-and-i-ve-rarely-met-directors/) [Lou Doillon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lou-doillon/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/french/lou-doillon/#itemlist", "name": "7 French Quotes By Lou Doillon", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I've always had a strange acting life. I'm the daughter of a director, and a very French, typical director who fell in love with every single one of his actresses. 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