I have the courage of my convictions.
The world today doesn't please me.
There is a certain dignity to being French.
I absolutely loathe luxury. It is the one thing I cannot stand.
I never do anything by chance.
No more hard work than look beautiful with eight in the morning until midnight.
I have found out that friendship is quite as important as love and it isn't any easier than love.
[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 was afraid of not living up to what people expected me to be.
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.
I never get hung up on the past - the memories are too negative.
I don't think when I make love.
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.
I leave before being left. I decide.
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.
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.
It is better to be wrong than correct with no desire to be.
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 can't do the same thing every night, the same gestures... it's like putting on dirty panties every day.
I have to live with both my selves as best I may.
There is a French proverb: To live happy, live hidden. Where can Brigitte Bardot hide?
If people don't like me, I become very plain.
Women get more unhappy the more they try to liberate themselves.
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.
You can be barefoot and have worries.
