They say the day you lose your parents, you start to look like them.
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.
I come from an acting family, my father was an actor, and I had to fight my way and just create my own identity.
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 their way through big studios.
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.
When you see violence in movies in general, it's very quick and painless, which isn't what it's like.
I really enjoy being an actor!
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.
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.
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.
I don't really shop any more. I only do it when I have to. I think it is very overrated.
I've always loved the idea of changing myself, wearing costumes and disguises. It takes you back to being a kid, to dressing up.
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.
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.
Cinema is entertainment, and people go to the movies because they want to feel good and forget about everything.
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.
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.
I worked with young directors all my life, only young directors.
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.
I know that what I see in every religious person is not something I want to teach my kids.
