Quote: "What a dreadful, mediocre person I was. I didn't fit in. People used to say, 'Still nothing.' I didn't have anything to prove I was a girl. It was very embarrassing." Jane Birkin didn't have a good time at school.
Fact: British actress Jane Birkin is set to make her own biopic - written, directed by and starring Birkin herself.
Fact: Scottish rockers Franz Ferdinand have recorded a duet with iconic sixties star Jane Birkin on a tribute album for her late second husband, French singing legend Serge Gainsbourg. The TAKE ME OUT hitmakers and Birkin cover Gainsbourg's 1984 hit SONG FOR SORRY ANGEL.
Quote: "I turn 60 in December this year (06), though it should be February of next year (07). I was due to pop out in 1947, which was a better year for wine, but my great misfortune was to make a fuss and come out at Christmas instead." Singer Jane Birkin wishes she'd stayed inside her mother's womb for longer.