Vincent Cassel Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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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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“Perfection is not just about control, it is also about letting go.”
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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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“Good guys need to be a little dirty otherwise they're just boring.”
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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 think I'm actually more vulnerable than people imagine.”
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“I used to be more self-conscious about style because when you're younger, you want to exist, you want to show everything you do.”
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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 wear a lot of wigs as Jacques Mesrine. He'd wear multiple wigs and take them off one at a time to rob three banks in one hour.”
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“I worked with young directors all my life, only young directors.”
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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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“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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“The minute I started being recognised, I became much more discreet.”
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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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“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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“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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“Yes. The way people behave, the paradoxes, the contradictions. All these things we have to live with and still pretend that everything is only black or white. That, I think, is the most interesting thing in human nature. The fact that we have to do one thing and pretend something else. That’s when it becomes very interesting. If you can literally speak the way you feel, then it’s not interesting anymore. It’s when you have to lie that it becomes interesting.”
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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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“My father is best known for his light comedies, and Im best known for crazy bad guys with short tempers.”
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“I have learned that acting is not about beauty.”
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“I come from an acting family, my father was an actor, and I had to fight my way and just create my own identity.”
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“When you see violence in movies in general, it's very quick and painless, which isn't what it's like.”
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“I always had the sense of being in the spotlight, being on stage, being looked at.”
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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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“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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“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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