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Before I started touring, I worked with someone to help me, even physically, because I was so shy. And you can't be shy going onstage. So I had to push myself in a direction that wasn't myself.

Charlotte Gainsbourg

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Charlotte Gainsbourg
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: July 21
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London
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Charlotte Lucy Gainsbourg
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