Quotes from Louis Garrel

I like being surrounded by students and intellectuals.

I think the moment I discovered I definitely wanted to act was when I saw a play alone by myself when I was fourteen. Maybe it was a Moliere play? I discovered the atmosphere of the theater, and I knew I wanted to be an actor.

In France, I would like to worth with Patrice Chereau, who made 'Queen Margot.'

When I was 13 years old, I was dressing in a rap style. And then I changed schools, and the rap style became old-fashioned, so I changed it completely.

My grandfather criticized me thousands of times, and he gave me a compliment once.

Paris, though it's a very famous city, it's very small, so people always tell themselves, "We're gonna love each other in Paris."

There's something about Paris, people just don't have anything else do there but love each other.

I'm not a singer, so I reproduce a little bit what I see on television and what I listen to on the radio. I don't have self-control, really, so I didn't want to sing like Mariah Carey.

Im interested in existential films: I love movies that console you in the same way that a person consoles a weeping child.

I wanted to be a lawyer. I love that job; I dont know why.

The separation of a childless couple is dramatic, but the separation of a couple with children is always tragic.

I think that what people abroad want from French film, inside French film becomes our worst fear, "Oh, another film about love!"

As an actor I've played a lot of gloomy, romantic leads and even though I might not want to recognize it, I actually really have a sense of humor.

I tried to make a list of films where there's two men and one woman and I realized there's films like this everywhere.

It's true I have a hard time with the notion of creating a character. And I feel it's a limit. I'm always really impressed by actors who are able to construct a character, like Johnny Depp.

Every actor has an obsession with their hair. You can see it on set, and you start to realize it's completely silly. I can be very obsessed by my hair, but all these hours spent trying to style it are useless, because ultimately, you can't change your haircut. It's all the same.

To make a movie is very stressful, especially when you work with your father. You want to think the movie is good. Even when I don't work with my father, I want it to be good.

I hope each day to have done 10 seconds of good work that they can use in the film. And Im always afraid I didnt get those 10 seconds.