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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.

Vincent Cassel

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Vincent Cassel
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: November 23
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Paris
France
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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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To me, Sheitan movie is the answer to all the problems we have in France concerning immigration. That is a fake problem people can actually work together and do something very interesting out of it.
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I think American audiences like gangster movies. It's part of the culture.
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Good guys need to be a little dirty otherwise they're just boring.
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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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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 have a tendency to think that that stereotype of American movies and Hollywood movies doesn't exist. Of course you have the studios that have a very hard policy upon their artists, but then I haven't really been doing any real Hollywood movie yet.
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La Haine - first of all, it was the story of friendship. I was very close with Mathieu Kassovitz he was somebody I met in the nights of Paris. And the hip-hop scene and all that... You know, it was very much about doing our own thing, and some of the subject matter was so close to what we knew and the people we were hanging out with.
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I have a huge relationship with Brazil it's almost a love affair, I would say. And to me, to introduce that specific martial art like capoeira in Hollywood movies was something important to me.
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Cronenberg's a lot of fun, and that a lot of people don't know watching his movies. He doesn't take himself seriously. He's still reinventing himself.
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You usually never know what you're going to do when you're making a movie.
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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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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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They say the day you lose your parents, you start to look like them.
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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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And now I have a big house, nice clothes and I travel in first class and I love it, so maybe it's time to enjoy being a star.
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The only person standing in your way is you.
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I'm more attracted to the bad guys. Why? Because in real life, I don't know any good guys. I know okay guys. I know polite guys. I know people who can control themselves.
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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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Perfection is not just about control, it is also about letting go.
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