Jean Dujardin Quotes

I watched Gene Kelly for his smile, for his energy. Vittorio Gassman for his movement. Clark Gable for his mustache. And I watched Lassie who was happy as a dog.

I've never concerned myself with the labels people want to put on you. What matters to me is my own estimation.

I don't care about my image.

I don't represent myself as a star, but an actor who wants to make movies.

I wasn't dyslexic, I was just very slow. I passed my time daydreaming.

I watched a lot of Douglas Fairbanks movies. He always played the same role with a mustache. Zorro had a mustache. The Musketeer had a mustache. Tarzan had a mustache.

I like simple things. I like being in my family in the South and playing petanque.

I like the hot-cold, the sugar-salt, being able to play over-the-top and dramatic things - in the same film. Just as in my life, I can be very funny and at other times almost extinguished.

I feel very at home in an empty church. I feel the most protected. It's very mystical.

In France, I have lots of opportunities. Maybe now I'll be offered films in America. It's the encounter, with the director and the story that counts.

I don't want to become a superstar and not see my family anymore.

I love dancing in general and making girls dance. My generation doesn't do it enough.

I think I'm more demanding than any wife.

I'm not an American actor. I'm a French actor. I'll continue in France. If I could make another silent movie in America, I'd like to!

It was always about the story rather than the character.

Its quite pretentious, really, isnt it? The notion the audience is going to be interested in you for an hour and a half. Think too much about that and anxiety takes over.

I never think of the completed film, rather the adventure of what I'm about to live.

As an actor and director, you have to take risks, even though I don't like saying that word. You can make a mistake.

I don't like to shoot too many movies since I like to do them well.

I don't like having too many projects in the pipeline. I like to focus on what's at hand.

The energy is important. It's the rebirth of the character. Even more than the sentence itself, it's the energy that has to come through. It's really 'Thank you!'

OSS 117 and maybe Un Balcon Sur La Mer directed by Nicole Garcia. It's a typical French movie with typical French themes with French actors, a French director.

Donald Trump is a danger for the world, and I will do everything to oppose the fear and hate that has settled in.

Trump loves hate. Trump is afraid. Trump is always wrong.

Just telling a story. That's cinema. It's not silent, black and white. It's a simple story that's well made.

I want to work with a director who becomes my brother, my father, for two months. You give yourself over to that person.

I don't want everyone to like me, and I don't choose who likes me. You have to give them the choice, give them the option.

In many cases for an actor it's a comfortable position to be in. But it's harder to fail as a director.