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" For me, it's about not being too aware of what you look like because if you are, you're trying too hard and I don't think that actually makes you look good... I've known from very early on that I don't look perfect. "

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" I wanted to draw and do costumes. I was prepared to train for that, but I needed something to do on my time off from high school, so I called an agent without telling anyone and started working with her. "

Clemence Poesy

Time

School

Her

" Paris is where my family are, but it's not really home now because I have dear friends in London and dear friends in New York. "

" I've always felt lucky because my parents included my sister and I in their cultural life. "

" I'm never anywhere for more than three weeks. "

" I think denim is something everyone feels comfortable in. It's kind of my uniform, really. "

" I am interested in costume. Clothes in your daily life are important: your choices say something about you, even if what they're saying is about non-choice. And what you wear in a film is crucial. "

" There is no moment where you can rest and think: 'Wonderful, I have that job now. I'm going to spend five years here.' There's a constant judgment on your work that's very strongly related to what you are. "

" I've been wearing jeans all my life. I remember my first denim as a kid because my mum used to buy me OshKosh overalls. "

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Jeans

My Life

" The more you live, the better an actor you are, but maybe I'd like to do something else on the side. Something to pay the bills as well. "

" I know London very well. "

" I'm always curious about anyone who has enough passion to go onstage and say, 'This is what I'm really passionate about.' It's always worth listening to. "

" I think the people we meet in life and the loves of our lives are very, very important in what we become, like change us - when it's right, probably change us for the best. "

" When it comes to photo shoots, there was a clear moment for me when I thought, 'I'm going to have to enjoy this because it's going to be a part of what I do.' "

Clemence Poesy

Moment

Thought

" To embody a character, you have to lose all judgment about them. "

" When it comes to fame, I am in a very convenient position. I live a very normal life. "

" I constantly make fashion mistakes but I think it's good to take risks. "

" I never hire a stylist. "

" I believe you have to make things happen. "

" In the '80s, I was the only one who didn't watch the shows about teenagers. I had to go over to friends' houses to see them. I still don't have a TV! "

Clemence Poesy

Teenagers

Friends

" I used to spend hours at night, downstairs, in front of the only full-length mirror in the house, standing on the table working out what I would wear to school the next day. "

" If I ever get married myself, it'll be in jeans. "

" I had a grungy period and looked like a tramp for a very long time - my mum really hated it! I destroyed her entire '70s wardrobe by putting studs into everything - I thought I was really cool. But it's good to experiment - I even had dreadlocks at one point. "

" I'm always so impressed with these actresses with their perfect make up and hair and sometimes I'm very aware that I'm not like that. But I don't think I can do things any other way. I would be wearing a disguise if I started to apply that stuff. "

" I think what is interesting in life is all the cracks and all the flaws and all the moments that are not perfect. "

" A film is a great deal about what you see, and the silhouette of a character tells you a lot. I'd love to go into film costume. "

" I feel so lucky that I live in a society that lets women be. I think that's the one of the biggest fights to keep having, is to fight for women to have the right to live their life the way they want to live it. "

" I don't know if I see myself as an actress for the rest of my life. "

" I've often been told that I'm a bit strange. I hear that pretty regularly, but it is not how I see myself. "

" I love fashion, and I've always wanted to do costume design, but I'm in jeans and T-shirts most of the time. "

" I just wear jeans, big motorcycle boots and T-shirts that are way too big for me. I like anything that has lived a little bit, that has traces of life on it. Knitwear that's a tiny bit too long because you've pulled it with your hands, or jeans that are starting to get holes. "

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