Josephine de La Baume Quotes

I like to look like a tomboy during the day and then a pin-up girl at night.

Remember that when you‘re young and your career feels like the most important thing, the most important thing is love and the relationships you have with people – boyfriend, friends and family. It’s good to remember that.

I grew up with classical music blasting in my parents‘ living room and my older brother‘s practicing saxophone in his room listening to jazz… a beautiful chaos.

I personally have no shame in saying I am extremely interested in fashion. I am not as interested in trends. I won‘t go on Style.com unless I’m looking for stuff to wear to an event, or there’s a designer I am interested in.

I’m short and curvy, but I think people want to work with me for reasons other than what I look like.

I’m a master of heels. I’m used to them. I’m tiny, so I wear them all the time. Apart from to the beach. That would be slightly psycho. I’m over the top, but not that much yet.

I was a big fan of Ron Howard of course, so it was fantastic to meet him.

Acting and making music are quite complementary. Acting relies on someone else‘s writing and direction; writing music or lyrics doesn’t. But they are both creative and personal in completely different ways.

I don’t have a collection, but I have a thing with jackets. I really like jackets. Whether it’s an ’80s motorbike jacket, or a Victorian jacket. I could wear the same jeans every day for months, but the jacket would be the thing that would change a lot.

When you see an Alexander McQueen fashion show, you are taken on a journey. It’s surreal.

I think London, New York, Paris, Milan, any big city has its own fashion. I don’t know why they make such a big thing of Paris. I think maybe it comes from French New Wave films portraying the French girl as very feminine.

I think the French have a romantic cliche that Englishmen have great style, great music, irony and sense of humour. Well, sometimes cliches are true.