Anna Karina

Actress

1940-09-22 – 2019-12-14

Anna Karina was a Danish-born French actress, filmmaker, and writer. She became an iconic figure of the French New Wave through collaborations with Jean-Luc Godard. She later worked across acting, directing, and music.

Quotes by Anna Karina

I went to Paris when I was 17 and would sit in a cafe called Les Deux Magots, in the Latin Quarter. I spoke English, but not a word of French.
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I did Palmolive and Monsavon, which is two soap films, and you can't do two at the same time. I was underage, see, so I didn't really know. I didn't realize that you're not supposed to do two soap films at the same time. Because on one side of the Champs-Elysees there was Monsavon, and on the other there was Palmolive.
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You can always tell a man's nationality by introducing him to a beautiful girl. An Englishman shakes her hand; a Frenchman kisses her hand; an American asks her for a date; and a Russian wires Moscow for instructions.
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