I think you have to really, really want to be a film star.
MARIANNE FAITHFULLI want to do movies, but I want to do something that’s good. I don’t want to make any more films until I feel that I’m ready for it. I want to have good work, and a very elegant life. I believe you get what you want.
More Marianne Faithfull Quotes
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I’m having a great life, and I want to go on having one.
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The equipment you’ve got really dictates what you’re going to do. When I started touring, there were no monitors, so I had to take the sound from the hall, and of course it was on a delay, so I would sing, and then I would hear it back, but later. It was very weird.
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I’ve got quite a good brain and all that, which I’ve never had to use in singing at all.
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I’ve got a lot of little compulsive problems, and I’ve thought about it a lot. And one of the things I ask myself is, ‘What are the things I can do that won’t hurt me and will help me?’ The first answer is work.
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I’d love to make more money in America, that’s the heart of it. I make much more money in Europe. It’s a shame. I’m trying now to make a profit on this next tour, and I’ll be much happier.
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I’m glad to say my father never felt ashamed of me, but my mother probably did.
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I do yoga. I do tai chi. I do a lot to keep my body and my spirit together so I can work.
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It has been an extraordinary experience and, in many ways, extremely positive.
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I’m interested in time, fame, death, beauty, truth, all those things.
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Penitentiary songs have been a love of mine for years. They are so wonderful.
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Sometimes you just have to get a shock to grow up and wake up, and I’ve had lots of shocks because it’s as though I don’t learn the lessons, so something new comes and hits me.
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I’m sick of being self-referential. I don’t want to do any more songs that can be accused of being personal.
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I live a very nice life. I have a wonderful time. But it’s not lived drawing on a full level. I’m relaxed, cool, and enjoying it.
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I want to do movies, but I want to do something that’s good. I don’t want to make any more films until I feel that I’m ready for it. I want to have good work, and a very elegant life. I believe you get what you want.
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If I let myself sink into depression, I won’t be able to get out. And then I’ll be awfully unhappy. I just have to turn my face to the light and walk on. And trust that things will be all right.
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