Quotes by Vincent Cassel

About Vincent Cassel:

Vincent Cassel is a Cesar Award-winning French actor best known to English-speaking audiences through his film performances in Ocean's Twelve and Ocean's Thirteen, as well as Black Swan. Cassel is also renowned for playing the infamous French bank-robber and folk hero Jacques Mesrine in Mesrine: Killer Instinct and Mesrine: Public Enemy Number One.
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When eventually I started to act a bit more, I realised that circus school had taught me something that a lot of actors my age didn't have: physicality. They didn't know how to move. Acting is not all about talking. There is something animalistic abo...

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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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My father is best known for his light comedies, and I'm best known for crazy bad guys with short tempers.

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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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Working with David Cronenberg or Darren Aronofsky or even Steven Soderbergh isn't really like a typical Hollywood movie. These are true artists, and have a certain amount of freedom when they work, and they're more like independent filmmakers making ...

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I have learned that acting is not about beauty.

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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 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'm a little angry in life.

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There's only so much you can control in life.

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I worked with young directors all my life, only young directors.

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People ask me where I live most of the time, and it's kind of complicated for me to answer, because I'm not really sure. It's somewhere in between London, Rome, Paris, and Rio.

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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 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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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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To work with somebody you love makes filming faster, more fun.

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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 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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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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I think I'm actually more vulnerable than people imagine.

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Author Bio

  • NameVincent Cassel
  • DescriptionFrench actor
  • BornNovember 23, 1966
  • CountryFrance
  • ProfessionFilm Actor; Actor; Film Producer; Film Director
  • AwardsKnight Of The National Order Of Merit