Quotes from Brigitte Bardot

Politics disgusts me.

Films have never shown the kind of relationship that can exist between two women.

They may call me a sinner, but I am at peace with myself.

I have the courage of my convictions.

I belong to no party, and I am militant for no one.

Vadim changed my mind about acting. Vadim was the only man who was certain I had something special to offer.

I have been very happy, very rich, very beautiful, much adulated, very famous and very unhappy.

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.

Every age can be enchanting, provided you live within it.

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 gave my beauty and my youth to men. I am going to give my wisdom and experience to animals.

I mourn the fact that my beautiful country has deteriorated in every way.

Among Muslims, I think there are some who are very good and some hoodlums, like everywhere.

I am a native Frenchwoman and proud of it.

I don't have the time or the desire to gaze at my navel.

I never get hung up on the past - the memories are too negative.

I am all right when I work. I am not superficial and I am not ungrateful.

Fame had brought me so much unhappiness.

Women get more unhappy the more they try to liberate themselves.

If I go to a restaurant, other people stare. The meal is ruined.

I am really not interested in the cinema.

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 stopped making films to look after animals.

I am not an actress. I can only play me - on and off the screen.