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I was kind of ashamed of my bourgeois family as a teenager, I guess - I had dreadlocks, shopped in thrift stores and pretended I had no money. At that time, I would have spat on a girl who was buying Yves Saint Laurent.

Lou Doillon

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Lou Doillon
Age: 42
Born: 1982
Born: January 1
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I was such a tomboy. I had absolutely no bosom, and I wore my hair really short - shaved, like a boy.
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I'm a very compulsive person, so I spend most of my time drawing or writing my diary, patching things up and carving bits of wood - I've carved two of my guitars.
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