Top 70 Chloe Sevigny Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “I’m a sucker for packaging!”

— Chloe Sevigny

2. “I know who I am by now. And I am my own brand.”

— Chloe Sevigny

3. “I’d like to be more approachable, not less weird.”

— Chloe Sevigny

4. “I do a dance-based cardio workout infused with circuit training, and emphasizing strength and alignment.”

— Chloe Sevigny

5. “Actors rarely stay in touch with directors after they’ve filmed together. We go back to real life.”

— Chloe Sevigny

6. “I don’t like to read about myself, whether it be positive or negative.”

— Chloe Sevigny

7. “I bought a pair of Birkenstocks today – let’s be real. I wanted a chunky sandal that was functional. That should tell you where I am at as far as fashion.”

— Chloe Sevigny

8. “People always come up to me and say, Oh, you’re Chloe Se-VIG-ny, right? Sevigny. Number seven, letter e.”

— Chloe Sevigny

9. “I wish I could take back every interview. Over and over again, I read them later, and either I’m misquoted or I said something stupid. I’m just not very good at it.”

— Chloe Sevigny

10. “I am a Scorpio, and playing the seductress appeals to me. There are a lot of women throughout film history, like Marlene Dietrich or Mae West – those are the women I was always attracted to. The bad girls.”

— Chloe Sevigny

11. “To be a true icon, you have to have style emanating from you. And you have to have figured it out on your own and have a point of view, a perspective, and be able to translate it in some personal way.”

— Chloe Sevigny

12. “The umlaut isn’t on my birth certificate. I had this book as a child called Chloe and Maude, and there was an umlaut on the e, and I said, I want that! It’s a little flair. Just to confuse people even more.”

— Chloe Sevigny

13. “I wish I looked more like my mother, but I think I look like my father. I wish I had one of those naturally beautiful faces. Or a more quirky face. I’m right down the middle: not interesting enough, not pretty enough.”

— Chloe Sevigny

14. “I think my legs are a strong point, so I try to draw attention to them rather than the upper part of my body.”

— Chloe Sevigny

15. “I definitely spend the most money on shoes, partly because vintage footwear can be a little funky – in a bad way. I like to keep things pretty simple up top and then go weird with the shoes.”

— Chloe Sevigny

16. “It’s not what you spend but how you wear it that counts. The key is often to dress up inexpensive basics with accessories. Something like a beautiful designer bag or belt can make everything else look richer and more luxurious.”

— Chloe Sevigny

17. “If I’m feeling down in the dumps, or like I need a pop of colour, I’ll put on MAC’s Lipstick in Lady Danger. I discovered red lipstick when I did the Oscar season: Chanel sent me one and I realised how classic and glamorous it can be.”

— Chloe Sevigny

18. “I am most proud of my integrity and least proud of my cynicism.”

— Chloe Sevigny

19. “Most of the models have this thing I call slouchy sexy, not only in the way they dress, but in the way carry themselves. I don’t think they would look hot in one of my dresses. They are more into A. Wang. Most of my clothes are nerdy sexy.”

— Chloe Sevigny

20. “I’m single, so I’m trying to do an overall overhaul. The look I’m going for is very ’80s supermodel. It’s time to be sexy.”

— Chloe Sevigny

21. “New York is so diverse. When you’re on the street or in the subway, you’re experiencing more of the diversity of New York.”

— Chloe Sevigny

22. “As of late, I am more of a homebody. I like having people over. You can smoke in the apartment. I’m just not into going out so much. The crowd is getting younger and younger.”

— Chloe Sevigny

23. “The media loves negative spin.”

— Chloe Sevigny

24. “Muse. Mu-se. It’s a great thing, for someone to feel that they can draw inspiration from you. And I don’t think it’s necessarily a man ‘taking’ from a woman. It can go both ways, both can stimulate, excite.”

— Chloe Sevigny

25. “I permed my hair 12 years ago, because I always wanted a perm, but my mother would never let me have one! I got a lot of stick, but I didn’t care – I loved the curls. The growing out was the difficult part!”

— Chloe Sevigny

26. “The realism frightens me more than the bubble gum-y, heightened stuff.”

— Chloe Sevigny

27. “The film industry is so fickle about financing, and it’s so difficult to get movies made.”

— Chloe Sevigny

28. “It’s like you always have to put on a happy face, be the phony baloney, and I’m so not that. I never was that; I’ll never be that. That is part of the business that I don’t like. Maybe that will always keep me an outsider, I don’t know. But that’s fine.”

— Chloe Sevigny

29. “I feel terrible about corporate greed. Growing up in a household that was a little more humble and didn’t put so much emphasis on money and material goods, I think I have a pretty good head on my shoulders.”

— Chloe Sevigny

30. “I was a girly-girl until I moved to New York. Then I got really into the androgynous look of the early-’90s club scene. I had really short hair and started blurring the line a bit. But for me, grade school was about Benetton, Esprit, and Guess jeans.”

— Chloe Sevigny

31. “I would love to do a sweeping romantic period drama, like Jane Eyre. That would be my dream. It’s always been my dream, as far as acting.”

— Chloe Sevigny

32. “I’m frugal. It’s often cheaper to take the subway. And I’m an environmentalist, which my mother instilled in me, so I really believe in public transportation. And finally, I love the proximity to people in the subway.”

— Chloe Sevigny

33. “I’m really into a blush on the eyelid and on the high of the cheek. The singer of ‘Cocteau Twins’ used to do that – really pink eyelids. It added a little romance to the hard kind of street-edge clothes.”

— Chloe Sevigny

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34. “I hate going to fashion shows. I find them boring.”

— Chloe Sevigny

35. “I want a guy who is masculine, good with his hands and able to build stuff and who has survival skills. Facial hair is a big turn-on. Most of the kids I hang out with in New York are hipster arty types, but I like a stronger, more physically imposing man – like a lumberjack.”

— Chloe Sevigny

36. “I’d like to find someone to procreate with – as sexy as that sounds. If you’re out and about and fit the description, come up and say hi. I won’t bite. Well, maybe a little, if you’re lucky.”

— Chloe Sevigny

37. “It’s a great thing, for someone to feel that they can draw inspiration from you.”

— Chloe Sevigny

38. “I’m definitely a lash girl. I feel they are my best feature. I have tried lots of mascaras. I was drawn to Lancome Doll Lashes recently. Not only because of the name, but it smells like roses! I usually add a few coats of it for a night out.”

— Chloe Sevigny

39. “I was very troubled, yes. Me and my brother both – we were troubled and troublemakers.”

— Chloe Sevigny

40. “I take the subway because I don’t like having someone else driving. It’s hard for me to be in a cab, because the traffic makes me feel insane. On the subway you’re getting there faster and it’s easier.”

— Chloe Sevigny

41. “I had a weird dream the other night that I was on ‘Jersey Shore.’”

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42. “My room was a real way of expressing myself. It was like a little nest that I could settle into.”

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43. “I refrain from lots of things I love, like cheese and carbs. I eat plenty of greens every day, my favorite being watercress.”

— Chloe Sevigny

44. “I find most men don’t like a lot of makeup.”

— Chloe Sevigny

45. “When I was a teenager, I was really into hair; I dyed it different colours and had loads of haircuts. I shaved my head when I was 17 – it was pretty radical!”

— Chloe Sevigny

46. “I think it’s just a lot more pressure to make the scenes work when you’re doing a film, because when you’re doing a series you feel like, I have so many scenes, so many episodes, so if I don’t get it exactly right this time, I have another scene later. You feel less pressure.”

— Chloe Sevigny

47. “I’ve been texting for a year with a couple of guys without ever going on a date with them.”

— Chloe Sevigny

48. “My mum’s advice is never to whine to my friends, so they never see the other side of me. I save all my problems for my mother.”

— Chloe Sevigny

49. “I always like my trailer or hotel room to have fresh flowers or pillows I find at a local flea market – anything to personalize the environment.”

— Chloe Sevigny

50. “I had always wanted to be an actress. I went to summer theater camp from kindergarten on up until high school, and always had the leads in all the plays – even though they were at the YMCA – but it was something I always wanted to do.”

— Chloe Sevigny