What does it mean, being a woman? — Brigitte Bardot

Women get more unhappy the more they try to liberate themselves. — Brigitte Bardot

The woman who made those movies, that’s not me. She’s someone else. — Brigitte Bardot

Now, if there was one woman in the world who didn’t need publicity, who always had too much publicity, it was me. — Brigitte Bardot

I really am a cat transformed into a woman. — Brigitte Bardot

And god created woman. — Brigitte Bardot

I have no private life at all. I am a hunted woman. I can’t take a step without being questioned and surrounded. — Brigitte Bardot

Films have never shown the kind of relationship that can exist between two women. — Brigitte Bardot

I am a woman that defends animals, right, left, and in the centre. Animals aren’t political. — Brigitte Bardot

I do not understand girls who imagine that something forbidden. You can prohibit someone, but did not imagine. — Brigitte Bardot

My private life became public. — Brigitte Bardot

A film about my life? But I am not dead. — Brigitte Bardot

I really wanted to die at certain periods in my life. — Brigitte Bardot

It’s the decomposition that gets me. You spend your whole life looking after your body. And then you rot away. — Brigitte Bardot

A photograph can be an instant of life captured for eternity that will never cease looking back at you. — Brigitte Bardot

I would like, before I die, to see the changes I’ve always fought for being made. If not, my life will have been worth nothing. — Brigitte Bardot

I was afraid of not living up to what people expected me to be. — Brigitte Bardot

We have abolished the death penalty for humans, so why should it continue for animals? — Brigitte Bardot

I only want to protect animals from barbarous, cruel, inhuman and backward rituals. — Brigitte Bardot

If I could do anything about the way people behave towards each other, I would, but since I can’t, I’ll stick to animals. — Brigitte Bardot

My favourite animals are dogs. — Brigitte Bardot

Fur is only of use to the animal that wears it. — Brigitte Bardot

I only live in the world of animal protection. I speak only of that. I think only of that. I am obsessed. — Brigitte Bardot

No matter whether it’s someone from the political left or right, we just need a voice to stand up and defend animal rights. — Brigitte Bardot

I can no longer walk. I can no longer swim. But I’m lucky when I see how animals suffer. — Brigitte Bardot

All of my causes, including the most radical, are motivated by the defense of animals. — Brigitte Bardot

China once again disgusts the world, portraying the image of a cruel, perverted people devoid of any feelings towards animals. — Brigitte Bardot

I stopped making films to look after animals. — Brigitte Bardot

When you’re thirty you’re old enough to know better,but still young enough to go ahead and do it. — Brigitte Bardot

I know it’s horrible to have to admit that, but I’m not adult enough to take care of a child. — Brigitte Bardot

The world today doesn’t please me. — Brigitte Bardot

I knew I had to be the best at something, otherwise I would be nothing. I knew I wanted the world to know about Brigitte Bardot. — Brigitte Bardot

I left a world in which I was a queen to enter one in which I’m a human being. — Brigitte Bardot

On the outside one is a star. But in reality, one is completely alone, doubting everything. To experience this loneliness of soul is the hardest thing in the world. — Brigitte Bardot

Death was like love, a romantic escape. — Brigitte Bardot

I have found out that friendship is quite as important as love and it isn’t any easier than love. — Brigitte Bardot

Animals have never betrayed me. They are an easy prey, as I have been throughout my career. So we feel the same. I love them. — Brigitte Bardot

If only every man who sees my films did not get the impression he can make love to me, I would be a lot happier. — Brigitte Bardot

Solitude scares me. It makes me think about love, death, and war. I need distraction from anxious, black thoughts. — Brigitte Bardot

I have not always loved wisely, but I was young. — Brigitte Bardot

Do you have to have a reason for loving? — Brigitte Bardot

Nobody has any security in loving me. — Brigitte Bardot

I am really not interested in the cinema. — Brigitte Bardot

I am really not interested in the cinema. I loathed it when I started six years ago, and I don’t enjoy it even now. — Brigitte Bardot

I have no regrets. If I wanted to keep acting, I would have never left the cinema. — Brigitte Bardot

The page has turned. Cinema is finished for me. — Brigitte Bardot

The first time that I came to Cannes, I think it was in 1953, I was 18 and unknown. — Brigitte Bardot

I don’t have the time or the desire to gaze at my navel. — Brigitte Bardot

I don’t feel old or used up, and I don’t have time to waste thinking about aging, because I live only for my cause. — Brigitte Bardot

When I love, I do it without counting. I give myself entirely. And each time, it is the grand love of my life. — Brigitte Bardot

I am greatly misunderstood by politically correct idiots. — Brigitte Bardot

Champagne is the one thing that gives me zest when I am tired. — Brigitte Bardot

I am against marriage, and I don’t give a fig for society. — Brigitte Bardot

Fashion may not be a weapon of the woman but at least it gives her the ammunition. — Brigitte Bardot

I gave my beauty and my youth to men. I am going to give my wisdom and experience to animals. — Brigitte Bardot

My soul is not my own any more. I cannot live like I want to. I am going to give up films. — Brigitte Bardot

In a democracy one must have the right to express oneself and that’s what I do, even if it displeases. — Brigitte Bardot

Vadim was both my teacher and my husband. I placed myself entirely in his hands. — Brigitte Bardot