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I didn't throw myself off my balcony only because I knew people would photograph me lying dead.
I have been very happy, very rich, very beautiful, much adulated, very famous and very unhappy.
Unfortunately, I am not like a snail or a turtle, and I can't take my houses with me when I move.
When you're thirty you're old enough to know better,but still young enough to go ahead and do it.
I have found out that friendship is quite as important as love and it isn't any easier than love.
In a democracy one must have the right to express oneself and that's what I do, even if it displeases.
I have understood that the most important things are tenderness and kindness. I can't do without them.
A photograph can be an instant of life captured for eternity that will never cease looking back at you.
I only live in the world of animal protection. I speak only of that. I think only of that. I am obsessed.
I can't do the same thing every night, the same gestures... it's like putting on dirty panties every day.
Yes, I've often been threatened by hunters, by horsemeat butchers, and seal murderers... I am still alive!
Vadim changed my mind about acting. Vadim was the only man who was certain I had something special to offer.
It's the decomposition that gets me. You spend your whole life looking after your body. And then you rot away.
I do not understand girls who imagine that something forbidden. You can prohibit someone, but did not imagine.
When I love, I do it without counting. I give myself entirely. And each time, it is the grand love of my life.
I have no private life at all. I am a hunted woman. I can't take a step without being questioned and surrounded.
I am astonished and surprised that someone could consider making a film about me without talking to me about it.
If only every man who sees my films did not get the impression he can make love to me, I would be a lot happier.
Now, if there was one woman in the world who didn't need publicity, who always had too much publicity, it was me.
My country, France, my homeland, my land is again invaded by an overpopulation of foreigners, especially Muslims.
I am leaving the town to the invaders: increasingly numerous, mediocre, dirty, badly behaved, shameless tourists.
Solitude scares me. It makes me think about love, death, and war. I need distraction from anxious, black thoughts.
I am really not interested in the cinema. I loathed it when I started six years ago, and I don't enjoy it even now.
I don't feel old or used up, and I don't have time to waste thinking about aging, because I live only for my cause.
I'm a girl from a good family who was very well brought up. One day I turned my back on it all and became a bohemian.
If I upset some notions and went against established rules, that wasn't part of what I wanted to do. It wasn't my goal.
I am not finding pregnancy much of a joy. I am afraid of childbirth, but I am afraid I can't find a way of avoiding it.
If I could do anything about the way people behave towards each other, I would, but since I can't, I'll stick to animals.
No matter whether it's someone from the political left or right, we just need a voice to stand up and defend animal rights.
Swallows have disappeared, bees are dying out because of pesticides that should have been banned long ago - it's a scandal.
Animals have never betrayed me. They are an easy prey, as I have been throughout my career. So we feel the same. I love them.
China once again disgusts the world, portraying the image of a cruel, perverted people devoid of any feelings towards animals.
My parents gave me a strict upbringing, which at times has caused me to suffer distress but today I am grateful to them for it.
I would like, before I die, to see the changes I've always fought for being made. If not, my life will have been worth nothing.
I knew I had to be the best at something, otherwise I would be nothing. I knew I wanted the world to know about Brigitte Bardot.
What could be more beautiful than a dear old lady growing wise with age? Every age can be enchanting, provided you live within it.
I had lots of opportunities to survive this [popularity] madness. Madame de Staël said, "Glory is the bright mourning of happiness."
I don't see how a socialist government can tolerate hunting on horseback. The people who do this are snobs; they're very well-to-do.
I tried to make myself as pretty as possible and even then I thought I was ugly. I found it madly difficult to go out, to show myself.
We have to convince the people of Bucharest, who are dog lovers, to treat dogs like they treat their children and not just let them roam the streets.
Romania will not be able to evolve if it continues to take cruel decisions against sensitive creatures, which are under the protection of European law.
On the outside one is a star. But in reality, one is completely alone, doubting everything. To experience this loneliness of soul is the hardest thing in the world.
Unfortunately these are not isolated incidents, and the people of Reunion are the first to be horrified by this despicable barbarity which mars the image of their island.
I adore my houses - they're my refuge - but I detest more and more Saint-Tropez where it's impossible to live: invaded by tourists, social evenings, all of which I avoid and which terrorises me.
I really wanted to die at certain periods in my life. Death was like love, a romantic escape. I took pills because I didn't want to throw myself off my balcony and know people would photograph me lying dead below
[Roger] Vadim became famous worldwide as a director, and I as an actress, but the other side of the coin was terrible. My life was totally turned upside down. I was followed, spied upon, adored, insulted. My private life became public.
I live the life of a farmer. I don't see how I could wear Lagerfeld's designs while feeding my goats. I have respect for Lagerfeld as a man, but I would have so much more for him if he, in turn, respected animals. We do not live in the same world.
I think animals help us live; they've helped me live. It was only when I began to devote myself to protecting animals that I blossomed completely. Taking care of them, looking out for them, has given my life true meaning, a meaning I hope future generations can experience.
Human cruelty knows no limits and that one needs immense courage and a will of iron to help others understand that animals are made of flesh and blood like us, that they suffer the same pains as us, that they deserve the same respect as us and that their continuous slaughter should not be part of human entertainment.