"I don't know why they hate me... one journalist once wrote that "people either love or hate Vanessa Paradis."

"It has been extraordinary, wonderful, I've been three feet off the ground since I made that first record."

"The only thing I want to say is, I know I'm not Einstein, but I'm not the queen of the imbeciles either."

Daughter, with Johnny Depp, Lily-Rose Melody Depp born. [27 May 1999]

Son, Jack, was born on April 10, 2002.

Niece of Didier Pain.

Achieved the UK Top Ten hit singles twice in five years, with "Joe Le Taxi" (No. 3, March 1988) and "Be my baby" (No. 6, November 1992). Other less sucessful releases include "Sunday Mondays" (No. 49, March 1993) and "Just as long as you are there" (No. 57, July 1993). Her debut hit also spent eleven weeks at the top of the French chart.

Has his look-alike puppet in the French show Guignols de l'info, Les.