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nothing is really worth doing unless you like the
people you’re doing it with. I’m not really a results-
oriented person—it’s more about the journey. Even
with the production company, I wouldn’t do that
if I wasn’t doing it with my best friends. Life’s too
shor t. A nd I ’ve h a d such a good t i me w it h ever yone
at Chanel so far; I genuinely feel like I’m part of a
fa m i ly. O f cou r se I wa nted to do [Gabr iel le Ch a nel
Essence]—there’s so much I can appreciate about
it, and it stands for things that I want.”
You’ve talked about working with Quentin
Tarantino for Once Upon a Time in...
Hollywood and how you finally decided
you were “good enough.” What changed?
“I don’t know if it’s a gender-specific thing or a
personality-specific thing, but for me I didn’t feel like
I was [ready before]. Often, people are like, ‘I don’t
think I’m quite good enough for something.’ I felt
t h at I h ad n’t n a i led it yet , a nd t hen... I felt l i ke I d id .”
So I guess it’s all coasting from here?
“Right? [Laughs] That’s what I thought after The
Wolf of Wall Street, and then life somehow got
better. Every time something happens, I’m like,
‘It couldn’t possibly get any better than this.’”
Perfumer Olivier Polge used
four white flowers—jasmine,
ylang-ylang, orange blossom
and tuberose —to create the
new Chanel Gabrielle Chanel
Essence Eau de Parfum Spray
($185 for 100 mL). For details,
see Shopping Guide.PROFILE
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“I’VE DECIDED THAT NOTHING
IS REALLY WORTH DOING
UNLESS YOU LIKE THE PEOPLE
YOU’RE DOING IT WITH.”