Quotes by Jean Reno

About Jean Reno:

Juan Moreno y Herrera-Jiménez is a Moroccan born French actor. Working in French, English, Japanese, Spanish, and Italian, he has appeared in numerous successful films such as Crimson Rivers, Godzilla, The Da Vinci Code, Mission: Impossible, The Pink Panther, Ronin, Les visiteurs, The Big Blue, and Léon.
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Croatia is an amazing place.

Jean Reno

I don't feel like I have to be nationalistic French because I'm afraid of losing whatever. No, no, no, no. And also I don't think we are the best.

Jean Reno

The best way to impress a woman is to be the most honest you can.

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I'm a minimalist. I don't really need much to enjoy a good holiday - just my family and the bare essentials.

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At home I keep things simple with fish, pasta and soups and am often preparing stuff for the family.

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My plat de resistance is potato salad with garlic and olive oil which we press from the olives from my trees in the grounds of my home near St Remy de Provence. I have four hectares and take the olives down to the local community press at Maussane le...

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Sometimes I take the watch, or I take the shoes, but usually the souvenir is to take the life you had with those directors, or the crew - the camera person, the lighting person. When you finish a film it's like a little death. You had a family for a ...

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I can walk into a room and create a good ambience. I was taught all about this back when I studied acting. One of the things they would teach you is how to send out positive signals when you enter a room. I am glad I learned this.

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I'll tell you something that's completely true - you can, as a man, obtain everything you want with the truth. If you lie, first of all you've got to be a very good lying actor, which is tres difficile. And it's going to give you poison inside the bo...

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Everywhere in the world, you find good things.

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Actually, I only have a few friends in real life. And when I say friends, I'm referring to those people who I've known since the 1960s.

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I was a banker in Morocco when I first saw 'American Graffiti.' It was before I was an actor, a melancholy time in my life, and this mood was reflected in the film.

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The advantage of being eighty years old is that one has had many people to love.

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If it's a romantic holiday, the only thing I need is my wife. We love quiet and calm places where we can't be disturbed. Neither of us likes being in busy places; we would much rather stay in our hotel room and enjoy each other's company.

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I don't think you lose culture because you act different cultures.

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Being proud and being nationalistic are, for me, completely different things.

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I don't get the romances. I did try - a film called 'Roseanna's Grave' in the 1990s. I liked it. But the audience didn't come.

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In France, if you have any sort of talent, you'd better keep it here. And if you're going to go abroad, it had better not be America. The old battle - American versus Frog cinema. It's ridiculous.

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I used to overpack a lot and sometimes even forgot vital pieces of clothing, such as my swimming shorts and sandals. I'm much better now. I only take what I know I'm going to wear or use and always double-check my suitcase so I don't have to rush to ...

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There is no heaven on Earth. Not now anyway.

Jean Reno

Author Bio

  • NameJean Reno
  • DescriptionFrench actor
  • BornJuly 30, 1948
  • CountryFrance
  • ProfessionFilm Actor; Actor
  • AwardsOfficer Of The Legion Of Honour; Officer Of The National Order Of Merit; Officier Des Arts Et Des Lettres?