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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.

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Vincent Cassel
Age: 57
Born: 1966
Born: November 23
Actor
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
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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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I grew up watching 'Raging Bull.
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They say the day you lose your parents, you start to look like them.
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I love French style from the Thirties and Forties. French movie stars like Jean Gabin and Yves Montand had so much natural, effortless style.
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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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Cinema is entertainment, and people go to the movies because they want to feel good and forget about everything.
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I'm producing more, but I think to direct, one has to have a burning desire, and that's not me. I'd rather do something else.
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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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I think I'm actually more vulnerable than people imagine.
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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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When somebody is talking to you about something terrible on set with lines, and you believe what he says, sometimes it gives a strange vibe, because you wonder when that person is talking if he's talking about something that really happened to him and he's using the character.
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Women? I'm still working on the subject. I haven't finished my studies. I would say I'm so happy that they're around. This is the salt and pepper of life. This is what makes me wake up in the morning - even more than work, really.
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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 really enjoy being an actor!
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The only person standing in your way is you.
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Perfection is not just about control, it is also about letting go.
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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 think American audiences like gangster movies. It's part of the culture.
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