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" There are very few actresses who can grow old and still get exciting parts... I think it's very important for me to have wider horizons, rather than just waiting for calls. "

Clemence Poesy

Waiting

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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. "

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" I didn't want people to decide what I was going to wear and what I was going to look like and how I should behave. "

" 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! "

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

" 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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" Actresses are so spoilt - we have someone who does our hair for us on set, so we don't know how to do it ourselves in real life. I know how to wash my hair and brush my teeth, but that's about it! "

" I actually don't trust anyone who tells me they don't like New York. "

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

" 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

" I think it is important to pass on the message to young people who are going through a difficult time with friends that it will pass. "

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

" 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. "

" I feel like I'm extremely normal. I do have a bizarre face that's a bit out of proportion. I guess that's why some people see me as strange. "

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Strange

Face

" 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 know London very well. "

" 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. "

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

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

" I believe you have to make things happen. "

" I just love a girl in a hat. It's really sexy. "

" 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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