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The idea of telling a story in reverse destabilises your ordinary moral reactions. That's one of the points of art - to challenge your preconceptions.

Vincent Cassel

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Vincent Cassel
Age: 57
Born: 1966
Born: November 23
Actor
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
Screenwriter
Paris
France
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Blood, especially fake, and guns, this is bullshit. It works in the movie, but on set it doesn't work for me.
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There is this idea that its very different from the French point of view to work in America blah, blah, blah. But I think its different from one person to the other, not from one country to the other.
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I don't really shop any more. I only do it when I have to. I think it is very overrated.
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It was like a dream to me to suddenly get into the market with that kind of movie, like La Haine. It actually created my identity as an actor, that thing.
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If the guy behind the camera is not good, the pictures are bad. It's still you, and it's the same lines and everything, but it doesn't work.
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People pretend to be nice, people pretend to be smooth, and polite and everything, but this is only an appearance, because the way we're built as human beings is only in paradox and contradictions.
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I have learned that acting is not about beauty.
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I really like romantic comedies and light movies and everything but I think - I don't know where it comes from - but when you're doing violent movies, you're closer to reality.
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Neither of us are workaholics. I think the key thing is to accept that if you only exist through what you do, then you become what you do, and this is very wrong.
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I always had the sense of being in the spotlight, being on stage, being looked at.
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I've always loved the idea of changing myself, wearing costumes and disguises. It takes you back to being a kid, to dressing up.
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It's always interesting to see a director trying different things, and on top of it, doing it right each and almost every time.
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I was thinking of going to London drama schools or to New York, because France didn't accommodate the things I wanted to do in film.
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People look up to Jacques Mesrine as if he were a Robin Hood, stealing from the rich, but he never gave anything back to anybody.
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To work with somebody you love makes filming faster, more fun.
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I'm an actor, that's what I do every day. Dressing up is part of my job. But whatever you wear you should always be yourself: never go totally with the fashion but use what there is available to be an individual.
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Perfection is not just about control, it is also about letting go.
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I did direct two short movies. I learned many things, and one of the things I learned was that I am not a director. It has to be visceral, and it's not for me. I feel much more comfortable acting.
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Cinema is entertainment, and people go to the movies because they want to feel good and forget about everything.
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